Detection of incipient left ventricular hypertrophy in mild to moderate arterial hypertension with normal electrocardiogram and echocardiogram. A new use for signal-averaged electrocardiography;Detecção de hipertrofia ventricular esquerda incipiente na hipertensão arterial leve a moderada com eletrocardiograma e ecocardiograma normais. Um novo emprego do eletrocardiograma de alta resolução

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Ginefra, Paulo ^a   Barbosa, Eduardo C ^a   Benchimol Barbosa, Paulo R ^a   Bomfim, Alfredo S ^a   Boghossian, Sílvia H ^a   Salgado, Angelo A ^a   Brasil, Flávia G ^a   Freitas, Elizabete A ^a   Albanesi Filho, Francisco M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Signal averaged electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL FILTERING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0041426599     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2003000900007     Document Type: Article

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