Heart rate, gender differences, and presence versus absence of diagnostic ST elevation as determinants of spatial QRS|T angle widening in acute coronary syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1744-1750

  Rautaharju, Pentti M ^a   Zhou, Sophia H ^b   Gregg, Richard E ^b   Startt Selvester, Ron H ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITY CONTROL; REPOLARIZATION SEQUENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79957939004     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.02.333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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