Diagnosis of ventricular aneurysm and other severe segmental left ventricular dysfunction consequent to a myocardial infarction in the presence of right bundle branch block: ECG correlates of a positive diagnosis made via echocardiography and/or contrast ventriculography

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Madias, John E ^a   Ashtiani, Ramin ^b   Agarwal, Himanshu ^b   Narayan, Virenjan K ^b   Win, Moethu ^b   Sinha, Anjan ^b  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast ventriculography; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Right bundle branch block; Severe segmental left ventricular dysfunction; Ventricular aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CINEVENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 16444375108     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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