Independent predictive accuracy of classical electrocardiographic criteria in the diagnosis of paroxysmal atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardias in patients without pre-excitation

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 624-628

  González Torrecilla, Esteban ^a   Almendral, Jesús ^a   Arenal, Angel ^a   Atienza, Felipe ^a   Del Castillo, Silvia ^a   Fernández Avilés, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electrocardiogram; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 44349187916     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun084     Document Type: Article

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