Determinants of augmentation of ECG QRS complexes and R waves in patients after hemodialysis

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-120

  Drighil, Abdenasser ^a   Madias, John E ^b,c   Mosalami, Hanane El ^a   Badaoui, Nadia El ^a   Bennis, Ahmed ^a   Mouine, Bahija ^a   Fadili, Wafae ^a   Ramdani, Beenyouness ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Hemodialysis; Peripheral edema; QRS complexes; R waves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 34249979485     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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