Filtered QRS duration on signal-averaged electrocardiography correlates with ventricular dyssynchrony assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in patients with reduced ventricular ejection fraction

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-53

  Tahara, Tatsuya ^a   Sogou, Taiji ^a   Suezawa, Chisato ^a   Matsubara, Hitoshi ^a   Tada, Norihiro ^a   Tsushima, Sho ^a   Kitawaki, Tomoki ^b   Shinohata, Ryoko ^b   Kusachi, Shozo ^b  

^a TAKAMATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; QRS; Ventricular dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 71649111833     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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