Effects of P-wave dispersion on atrial fibrillation in patients with acute anterior wall myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Baykan, Merih ^a   Çelik, Şükrü ^a   Erdöl, Cevdet ^a   Durmuş, Ismet ^a   Örem, Cihan ^a   Küçükosmanoǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Yilmaz, Remzi ^a  

^a KTU Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute anterior wall myocardial infarction; P wave dispersion; P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 2142691170     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08202.x     Document Type: Article

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