Fragmented QRS complex: A novel marker of cardiovascular disease

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 68-71

  Chatterjee, Saurav ^a   Changawala, Nisarg ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE MARKER; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 77649267669     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20709     Document Type: Review

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