Role of electrocardiography in identifying right ventricular dysfunction in acute pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 450-452

  Punukollu, Gopikrishna ^a   Gowda, Ramesh M ^a   Vasavada, Balendu C ^a   Khan, Ijaz A ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 23044481194     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.099     Document Type: Article

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