AHA/ACCF/HRS recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of the electrocardiogram: Part V: Electrocardiogram changes associated with cardiac chamber hypertrophy: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; The American College of Cardiology Foundation; And the Heart Rhythm Society

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Hancock, E William ^a   Deal, Barbara J ^a   Mirvis, David M ^a   Okin, Peter ^a   Kligfield, Paul ^a   Gettes, Leonard S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific tatements; conduction; echocardiography; electrocardiography; electrophysiology; hypertrophy; myocardium.

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY BUILD; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; AGE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 64549093820     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.191097     Document Type: Review

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