Accuracy of electrocardiographic criteria for atrial enlargement: Validation with cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tsao, Connie W ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a   Hauser, Thomas H ^a   O'Halloran, T David ^a   Agarwal, Anupam ^a,b   Manning, Warren J ^a,c   Yeon, Susan B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40949109784     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-10-7     Document Type: Article

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