The Selvester QRS Score is more accurate than Q waves and fragmented QRS complexes using the Mason-Likar configuration in estimating infarct volume in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-325

  Carey, Mary G ^c,d   Luisi Jr , Andrew J ^d   Baldwa, Sunil ^a,d   Al Zaiti, Salah ^c   Veneziano, Marc J ^d   deKemp, Robert A ^b   Canty Jr , John M ^a,d   Fallavollita, James A ^a,d  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Infarct volume; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953546642     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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