QRS prolongation on the signal-averaged electrocardiogram versus ST- segment changes on the 12-lead electrocardiogram: Which is the most sensitive electrocardiographic marker of myocardial ischemia?

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 403-408

  Michaelides, Andreas P ^a,b   Dilaveris, Polychronis E ^a   Psomadaki, Zoi D ^a   Richter, Dimitris J ^a   Andrikopoulos, George K ^a   Pitsilides, Nikolaos ^a   Dounis, Vasilios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Myocardial ischemia; QRS prolongation; ST segment changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT;

EID: 0032991447     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960220607     Document Type: Article

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