Relation of Electrocardiographic Criteria for Left Atrial Enlargement to Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Left Atrial Volume Measurements

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-118

  Lee, Kwan S ^a   Appleton, Christopher P ^a   Lester, Steven J ^a   Adam, Terrence J ^a   Hurst, R Todd ^a   Moreno, Carlos A ^a   Altemose, Gregory T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845706423     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.07.073     Document Type: Article

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