Correlation of ST-segment "hump sign" during exercise testing with impaired diastolic function of the left ventricle

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Michaelides, Andreas P ^a   Raftopoulos, Leonidas G ^a   Aggeli, Constantina ^a   Liakos, Charalambos ^a   Antoniades, Charalambos ^a   Fourlas, Christos ^a   Stamatopoulos, Elias ^a   Ioakeimides, Nikolaos ^a   Soulis, Dimitrios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ST segment "Hump sign," Diastolic function of left ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT HUMP SIGN; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 76349125567     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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