A new terminology for left ventricular walls and location of myocardial infarcts that present Q wave based on the standard of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: A statement for healthcare professionals from a committee appointed by the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiography

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1755-1760

  De Luna, Antoni Bayés ^a   Wagner, Galen ^b   Birnbaum, Yochai ^c   Nikus, Kjell ^d   Fiol, Miguel ^e   Gorgels, Anton ^f   Cinca, Juan ^g   Clemmensen, Peter M ^h   Pahlm, Olle ⁱ   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^j   Stern, Shlomo ^k   Wellens, Hein ^l   Zareba, Wojciech ^m  

^a Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^d Heart Center   (Finland)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^h Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^k HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^l MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; STANDARD;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33750225361     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.624924     Document Type: Article

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