Electrocardiographic prediction of left ventricular geometric patterns in patients with essential hypertension

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-350

  Aktoz, Meryem ^a   Erdogan, Okan ^a   Altun, Armagan ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Geometry; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 34447512512     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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