Usefulness of prolonged P-wave duration on signal averaged ECG in predicting atrial fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction patients

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Rosiak, Marcin ^a   Ruta, Jan ^a   Bolińska, Halina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Noninvasive markers; P wave; Signal averaged ECG

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; P WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0141483662     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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