Prognostic value of QRS duration and ejection fraction: Going back to the roots

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-144

  De Luca, Leonardo ^a   Parissis, John ^b   Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^b  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 48249157810     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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