High prevalence of widened P waves among pediatric patients in 2 separate hospitals

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Loo, Ray M ^a   Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^b   O'Brien, Debra ^b   Apiyasawat, Sirin ^c   Silbert, Daniel ^b   Katz, Stephen ^b   Spodick, David H ^c  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Heart mass; Infants; Interatrial conduction; P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE;

EID: 38049011339     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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