A planar QRS-T angle >90° is associated with multivessel coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Palaniswamy, Chandrasekar ^a   Singh, Tarunjit ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahn, Chul ^b   Kalapatapu, Kumar ^a   Weiss, Melvin B ^a   Pucillo, Anthony L ^a   Monsen, Craig E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Planar QRS T angle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75149187596     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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