Reader- and instrument-dependent variability in the electrocardiographic assessment of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-568

  Jain, Rahul ^a   Tandri, Harikrishna ^a   Daly, Amy ^a   Tichnell, Crystal ^a   James, Cynthia ^a   Abraham, Theodore ^a   Judge, Daniel P ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Dalal, Darshan ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia cardiomyopathy; electrocardiogram; interreader variability; intrareader variability; parietal block; terminal activation delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; T WAVE INVERSION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955911124     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01961.x     Document Type: Article

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