Anasarca-mediated attenuation of the amplitude of electrocardiogram complexes: A description of a heretofore unrecognized phenomenon

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 756-764

  Madias, John E ^a,b   Bazaz, Raveen ^a,b   Agarwal, Himanshu ^a,b   Win, Moethu ^a,b   Medepalli, Lalitha ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034841457     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01429-2     Document Type: Article

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