The initial stage of left ventricular hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats is manifested by a decrease in the QRS amplitude/left ventricular mass ratio

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 557-567

  Bacharova, Ljuba ^a   Kyselovic, Jan ^b   Klimas, Jan ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Relative voltage deficit; Specific potential of myocardium; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 7444265258     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-200031835     Document Type: Article

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