Detection of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during sinus rhythm by P-wave dispersion

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 431-434

  Köse, Sedat ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^b,c   Sade, Elif ^b   Can, Ilknur ^b   Özer, Necla ^b   Amasyali, Basri ^a   Aksöyek, Serdar ^b   Övüç, Kenan ^b   Özmen, Ferhan ^b   Atalar, Enver ^b   Isi̧k, Ersoy ^a   Kes, Sirri ^b   Demirtaş, Ertan ^a   Oto, Ali ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; P wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; P WAVE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 10744225267     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960260910     Document Type: Article

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