The utility of fragmented QRS complexes to predict significant intraventricular dyssynchrony in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patients with a narrow QRS interval

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 517-522

  Tigen, Kursat ^a   Karaahmet, Tansu ^a   Gurel, Emre ^a   Cevik, Cihan ^b   Nugent, Kenneth ^b   Pala, Selcuk ^a   Tanalp, Ali Cevat ^a   Mutlu, Bulent ^a   Basaran, Yelda ^a  

^a Kartal Kosuyolu Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Dyssynchrony; Fragmented QRS complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 70349566855     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70137-0     Document Type: Article

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