Effect of heart rate on QRS voltage: A simple relation that escaped notice

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-63

  Surawicz, Borys ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VOLUME; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033967938     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00737.x     Document Type: Editorial

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