Is a narrow and tall QRS complex an ECG marker for sudden death?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1339-1345

  Wolpert, Christian ^a   Veltmann, Christian ^a   Schimpf, Rainer ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^b   Gussak, Ihor ^c   Borggrefe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depolarization, ECG; QRS complex; Sudden cardiac death; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50949099156     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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