Pulmonary regurgitation is a powerful factor influencing QRS duration in patients after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 643-649

  Grothoff, Matthias ^a   Spors, B ^a   Abdul Khaliq, H ^b   Abd El Rahman, M ^b   Alexi Meskishvili, V ^b   Lange, P ^b   Felix, R ^a   Gutberlet, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac MRI; Pulmonary regurgitation; QRS duration; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART TUMOR; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY REGURGITANT FRACTION; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 33845370920     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-0440-5     Document Type: Article

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