QT Interval Prolongation with Global T-Wave Inversion: A Novel ECG Finding in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-98

  Punukollu, Gopikrishna ^a   Gowda, Ramesh M ^a   Khan, Ijaz A ^b,c   Wilbur, Sabrina L ^a   Vasavada, Balendu C ^a   Sacchi, Terrence J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Global T wave inversion; Long QT syndrome; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; T WAVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 1242315512     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2004.91528.x     Document Type: Article

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