QRS area monitoring during stress test: A novel index to separate normal to ischaemic patients?

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-56

  Curione, Mario ^a   Cammarota, Camillo ^a   Cardarelli, Giambattista ^a   Di Bona, Simonetta ^a   Montesano, Teresa ^b   Travascio, Laura ^b   Colandrea, Marzia ^b   Colotto, Marco ^a   Ciancamerla, Massimo ^b   Ronga, Giuseppe ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocardial ischaemia; QRS area; Stress test; Ventricular filling

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 42549162884     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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