Septal q wave as a marker of septal ischemia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 953-957

  Akakabe, Yoshiki ^a   Kawasaki, Tatsuya ^a   Yamano, Michiyo ^a   Miki, Shigeyuki ^a   Kamitani, Tadaaki ^a   Kuribayashi, Toshiro ^b   Matsubara, Hiroaki ^c   Sugihara, Hiroki ^a  

^a MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kuribayashi Clinic of Cardiology   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myocardial ischemia; Septal q wave

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; Q WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45849109903     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.953     Document Type: Article

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