ST segment "hump" during exercise testing and the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-164

  Michaelides, Andreas P ^a,c   Stamatopoulos, Ilias ^a   Antoniades, Charalambos ^a   Anastasakis, Aris ^a   Kotsiopoulou, Christina ^a   Theopistou, Artemisia ^a   Misailidou, Maria ^a   Fourlas, Christos ^a   Elliott, Perry M ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; ST hump sign; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64949193679     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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