Response of the ECG to short-term diuresis in patients with heart failure

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 288-296

  Madias, John E ^a   Song, Jessica ^b   White, C Michael ^b   Kalus, James S ^b   Kluger, Jeffrey ^b  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anasarca; Body volume conductor; Congestive heart failure; Diuresis; QRS complex amplitude; Tissue electrical resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIURESIS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; DIURETICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 23844499149     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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