A detailed guide for quantification of myocardial scar with the Selvester QRS score in the presence of electrocardiogram confounders

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 544-554

  Loring, Zak ^a   Chelliah, Sreetharan ^b   Selvester, Ronald H ^c   Wagner, Galen ^b   Strauss, David G ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG criteria; Electrocardiology; Electrophysiology; Fibrosis; Multimodal cardiac imaging; Myocardial infarction; QRS complex; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL SCAR; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SELVESTER QRS SCORE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80052182230     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.06.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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