Day-to-day variability of electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients. Influence of electrode placement

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 812-816

  Angeli, Fabio ^a   Verdecchia, Paolo ^a   Angeli, Enrica ^a   Poeta, Fabrizio ^a   Sardone, Mariagrazia ^a   Bentivoglio, Maurizio ^a   Prosciutti, Lucio ^b   Cocchieri, Maurizio ^b   Zollino, Liliana ^c   Bellomo, Gianni ^d   Rondoni, Francesco ^e   Garognoli, Oriana ^b   Lenti, Salvatore ^f   Frigerio, Carlo ^f   Gattobigio, Roberto ^g   Benemio, Guglielmo ^g   Biscottini, Bruno ^h   Panciarola, Rosita ^h   Buccolieri, Massimo ⁱ   Liberati, Rita ^d   Trottini, Mario ^e   Cipollini, Franco ^j   Gemelli, Fabio ^k   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^k   Porcellati, Carlo ^a   more..

^a Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

^b Città di Castello Hospital   (Italy)

^c Porta Sole Clinic   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Foligno   (Italy)

^e Hospital of Assisi   (Italy)

^f Arezzo Hospital   (Italy)

^g Stroke Unit   (Italy)

^h Division of Medicine   (Italy)

ⁱ Hospital of Gubbio   (Italy)

^j PISTOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750334227     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000250869.78777.09     Document Type: Article

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