Wide-complex tachycardia: Continued evaluation of diagnostic criteria

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 769-773

  Isenhour, Jennifer L ^a   Craig, Sandra ^b   Gibbs, Michael ^b   Littmann, Laszlo ^b   Rose, Geoffrey ^c   Risch, Robert ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Sanger Cardiology Group   (United States)

^d Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugada; Criteria; Supraventricular tachycardia with aberrancy; Ventricular tachycardia; Wide complex tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033922004     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02267.x     Document Type: Article

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