Ethnic differences in ST height in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-351

  Reddy, Vikram K ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a   Prineas, Ronald ^b   Colangelo, Laura A ^a   Ouyang, Pamela ^c   Kadish, Alan H ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Feinberg Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG; Ethnic; Repolarization; ST height

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 54349115710     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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