Diagnostic significance of a small Q wave in precordial leads V2 or V3

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-123

  Katsuno, Tetsuya ^a   Hirao, Kenzo ^a   Kimura, Shigeki ^a   Komura, Masatoshi ^a   Haraguchi, Go ^a   Inagaki, Hiroshi ^a   Hachiya, Hitoshi ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 77950875689     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2010.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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