Electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria for determining left ventricular mass in young healthy men : Data from the LARGE Heart study

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sohaib, Syed M Afzal ^a,b   Payne, John R ^a   Shukla, Rajeev ^a   World, Michael ^c   Pennell, Dudley J ^d   Montgomery, Hugh E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Army Training Regiment Lichfield   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GROUPS BY AGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76849094186     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-11-2     Document Type: Article

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