Clinical significance of minor nonspecific ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities in asymptomatic subjects: A systematic review

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-142

  Kumar, Anita ^a   Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Electrocardiography; Prognosis; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HAZARD RATIO; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T WAVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247236780     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000249382.65955.14     Document Type: Review

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