Electrocardiographic quantification of left atrial volume. A letter on the article by Ariyarajah et al entitled "Formulaic quantification of echocardiographic left atrial volume" (J Electrocardiol. 2008 Dec 24)

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 424-425

  Görenek, Bülent ^a   Kudaiberdieva, Gulmira ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68749092649     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.03.014     Document Type: Letter

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