Significance of abnormal Q waves in the electrocardiograms of adults less than 40 years old

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-210

  MacAlpin, Rex N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Q wave abnormality; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL Q WAVE; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33745616361     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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