Significance of a fragmented QRS complex versus a Q wave in patients with coronary artery disease

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2495-2501

  Das, Mithilesh K ^a   Khan, Bilal ^a   Jacob, Sony ^a   Kumar, Awaneesh ^b   Mahenthiran, Jo ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33745122560     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.595892     Document Type: Article

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