Performance of electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy as compared with cardiac computed tomography: From the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography trial

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1959-1967

  Truong, Quynh A ^a,b   Ptaszek, Leon M ^b   Charipar, Elizabeth M ^a   Taylor, Carolyn ^a   Fontes, Joao D ^a   Kriegel, Matthias ^a   Irlbeck, Thomas ^a   Toepker, Michael ^c   Schlett, Christopher L ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^a,d   Blankstein, Ron ^a,e   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Nagurney, John T ^b   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; electrocardiography; left ventricular hypertrophy; left ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955853979     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833b49cb     Document Type: Article

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