Does impaired left ventricular relaxation affect P wave dispersion in patients with hypertension?

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Dogan, Abdullah ^a,b   Ozaydin, Mehmet ^a   Nazli, Cem ^a   Altinbas, Ahmet ^a   Gedikli, Omer ^a   Kinay, Ozan ^a   Ergene, Oktay ^a  

^a Sevket Demirel Heart Center   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Hypertension; P wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0842277398     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08304.x     Document Type: Article

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