Electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with right ventricular dilation due to acute pulmonary embolism

Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-60

  Sukhija, Rishi ^b   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahn, Chul ^b   Kakar, Priyanka ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary embolism; Electrocardiographic abnormalities; Right ventricular dilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33144459249     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089249     Document Type: Article

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