Assessment of atrial conduction time in patients with essential hypertension

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-256

  Emiroglu, Mehmet Yunus ^a   Bulut, Mustafa ^a   Sahin, Müslim ^a   Acar, Gurkan ^b   Akcakoyun, Mustafa ^a   Kargin, Ramazan ^a   Kayancicek, Hidayet ^c   Karapinar, Hekim ^c   Aung, Soe Moe ^a  

^a Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Emergency Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial electromechanical delay; Electrophysiological study; Hypertension; Intra and inter atrial conduction time; P wave dispersion; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79952015199     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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