Low voltage ECG in myocarditis: Peripheral edema as a plausible contributing mechanism

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 448-452

  Madias, John E ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; ECG; ECG transfer impedance; Myocarditis; Peripheral edema; Pulmonary congestion; QRS complexes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARVEDILOL; FOSINOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; QRS COMPLEX; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33947202230     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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