ECG leads I and II to evaluate diuresis of patients with congestive heart failure admitted to the hospital via the Emergency Department

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-71

  Lumlertgul, Suthaporn ^a   Chenthanakij, Boriboon ^a   Madias, John E ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Congestive heart failure; Echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; Electrophysiology clinical

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIURESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIURESIS; DIURETICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149229432     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02178.x     Document Type: Article

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