Can P wave parameters obtained from 12-lead surface electrocardiogram be a predictor for atrial fibrillation in patients who have structural heart disease?

Angiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-479

  Altunkeser, Bülent B ^a   Özdemir, Kurtuluş ^b   Gök, Hasan ^b   Temizhan, Ahmet ^b   Tokaç, Mehmet ^b   Karabaǧ, Turgut ^b  

^a Meram Yeni Yol Caddesi   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; QUINIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; P WAVE; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042667056     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970305400412     Document Type: Article

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