The prevalence of cardiac ectopy in elderly patients with echocardiographically normal hearts is not increased by significant coronary artery disease

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 232-234

  Shandling, Adrian H ^a,b   Kern, Leslie ^a   McAtee, Peggy ^a   Switzenberg, Susan ^a  

^a Memorial Heart & Vascular Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Ectopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33645413880     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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