Correlation of left atrial size with P-wave duration in interatrial block

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2615-2618

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a,d   Mercado, Kristin ^b   Apiyasawat, Sirin ^b   Puri, Puneet ^b   Spodick, David H ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiogram; Formula; Interatrial block; Left atrial enlargement; P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 27144534219     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2615     Document Type: Article

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