Epsilon waves detected by various electrocardiographic recording methods

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-411

  Wang, Jing ^a   Yang, Bing ^a   Chen, Hongwu ^a   Ju, Weizhu ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Zhang, Fengxiang ^a   Cao, Kejiang ^a   Chen, Minglong ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias, cardiac etiology; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia diagnosis; Cell communications genetics; Electrocardiography methods standards; Epsilon waves; Gap junctions; Genetic predisposition to disease; Heart function tests; Right; Sensitivity and specificity; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPSILON WAVE; FEMALE; FONTAINE BIPOLAR PRECORDIAL LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; R WAVE; RIGHT SIDED PRECORDIAL LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SPIKE WAVE; STANDARD 12 LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; T WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CHINA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957363946     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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