Usefulness of electrocardiographic parameters as compared with computed tomography measures of left atrial volume enlargement: From the ROMICAT trial

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-264

  Truong, Quynh A ^a   Charipar, Elizabeth M ^a   Ptaszek, Leon M ^a   Taylor, Carolyn ^a   Fontes, Joao D ^a   Kriegel, Matthias ^a   Irlbeck, Thomas ^a   Mahabadi, Amir A ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^a,b   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Electrocardiogram; Left atrial enlargement; Left atrial volume; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMEGALY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952042419     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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