Optimal P-wave duration for bedside diagnosis of interatrial block

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-262

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a,b   Apiyasawat, Sirin ^c   Spodick, David H ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Interatrial block; P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745625841     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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