Age-related changes in P wave morphology in healthy subjects

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Havmoller, Rasmus ^a   Carlson, Jonas ^a   Holmqvist, Fredrik ^a   Herreros, Alberto ^b   Meurling, Carl J ^a   Olsson, Bertil ^a   Platonov, Pyotr ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548245472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-7-22     Document Type: Article

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