Clinician underappreciation of interatrial block in a general hospital population

Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 193-195

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a,b   Puri, Puneet ^c   Spodick, David H ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Interatrial block; P wave

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 26044444121     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088137     Document Type: Article

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