Are additional right precordial and left posterior ECG leads useful for the diagnosis of right ventricular infarct and posterior infarct?: Also a plea for the revival of vectorcardiography

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages 51-54

  Van Herpen, Gerard ^a   Kors, Jan A ^a   Schijvenaars, Bob J A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ELECTRODE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033369451     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(99)90043-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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