Role of lead aVR in evaluation of 12-lead electrocardiogram

Angiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 709-713

  Siddiqui, Mumtaz A ^a   Khan, Ijaz A ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; WAVEFORM;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0036847580     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970205300612     Document Type: Article

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