Association of the QRS duration on the resting electrocardiogram with the severity of coronary artery disease in 2,196 patients undergoing coronary angiography for suspected coronary artery disease

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-165

  Kannam, Hari ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Chilappa, Karin ^a   Devabhakturi, Srikala ^a   Singh, Tarunjit ^a   Kalapatapu, Kumar ^a   Weiss, Melvin B ^a   Pucillo, Anthony L ^a   Monsen, Craig E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Electrocardiogram; QRS duration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QRS COMPLEX; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 70349669114     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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