Clinical value of lead aVR

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-302

  Riera, Andrés Ricardo Pérez ^a   Ferreira, Celso ^a   Ferreira Filho, Celso ^a   Dubner, Sergio ^b   Barbosa Barros, Raimundo ^c   Femenía, Francisco ^d   Baranchuk, Adrian ^e  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b Cardiology Department   (Argentina)

^c Departamento de Cardiologia Do Hospital de Messejana Dr Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL DE MENDOZA   (Argentina)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aVR; aVR sign; unipolar limb lead

Indexed keywords

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 79960613868     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2011.00435.x     Document Type: Review

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