The presence of epsilon waves in a patient with acute right ventricular infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-247

  Zorio, Esther ^a,b   Arnau, Miguel A ^a   Rueda, Joaquín ^a   Almenar, Luis ^a   Osa, Ana ^a   Martínez Dolz, Luis ^a   Osca, Joaquín ^a   Palencia, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

12 Lead electrocardiography; Acute myocardial infarction; Epsilon wave

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPSILON WAVE; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 15344350287     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.40021.x     Document Type: Article

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