Significance of QRS duration changes in the evaluation of ST-segment depression presenting exclusively during the postexercise recovery period

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-246

  Michaelides, Andreas P ^a,b   Fourlas, Christos A ^a   Giannopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Aggeli, Konstantina ^a   Andrikopoulos, George K ^a   Tsioufis, Konstantinos ^a   Massias, Spiros S ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; QRS prolongation; Recovery period; ST segment depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE RECOVERY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QRS COMPLEX PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745600371     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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