Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy: Value of standard ECG revisited

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-245

  Peters, Stefan ^a,b   Trümmel, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Dorothea Christiane Erxleben Quedlinburg gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia cardiomyopathy; ECG score; Epsilon potential; Localized right precordial QRS prolongation; T wave inversions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STANDARD; T WAVE; TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0842326371     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08312.x     Document Type: Article

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