Electrocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial enlargement in patients with mitral stenosis: The value of the P-wave area

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-141

  Zeng, Chunlai ^a   Wei, Tiemin ^a   Zhao, Ruiying ^a   Wang, Chunming ^a   Chen, Liping ^a   Wang, Lexin ^b  

^a LISHUI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; Left atrial enlargement; Mitral stenosis; P waves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; P WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 0037388131     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.2.2005266     Document Type: Article

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