The relationship between mitral papillary muscles positions and characteristics of the QRS complex

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 487-490

  Hakacova, Nina ^a,b   Robinson, Anna M C ^c   Olson, Charles W ^d   Selvester, Ronald H ^e   Wagner, Galen S ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric Cardiology   (Slovakia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ECG TECH Corp   (United States)

^e Memorial Hospital Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation of electrical activation; Papillary muscles; Prediction of QRS; QRS characteristics; QRS complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 55849139042     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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