Electrocardiography and conventional radiology accuracy compared to echocardiography in evaluating left ventricular remodelling patterns in hypertensive patients

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Radulescu, D ^a   Pripon, S ^a   Parv, A ^a   Duncea, C ^a   Gulei, I ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Conventional radiology; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Hypertension; Hypertrophy, left ventricular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 52649139922     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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