Evaluation of the relationship between atrial septal aneurysm and cardiac arrhythmias via p-wave dispersion and signal-averaged P-Wave duration

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-164

  Deveci, Onur Sinan ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^b   Okutucu, Sercan ^b   Tulumen, Erol ^b   Aksoy, Hakan ^b   Kaya, Ergun Baris ^b   Evranos, Banu ^b   Kabakci, Giray ^b   Tokgozoglu, Lale ^b   Oto, Ali ^b   Ozkutlu, Hilmi ^b  

^a Kecioren Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial septal aneurysm; P wave dispersion; P wave duration; Supraventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; INTERATRIAL SEPTUM; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL SEPTUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77950896178     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2010.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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