Electrocardiogram sensitivity in left ventricular hypertrophy according to gender and cardiac mass

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-231

  Colosimo, Ana Paula ^a   de Assis Costa, Francisco ^a   Riera, Andrés R P ^a   Bombig, Maria T N ^a   Lima, Valter C ^a   Fonseca, Francisco A H ^a   Izar, Maria C O ^a   Filho, Bráulio L ^a   Souza, Dilma ^a   Povoa, Rui M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Heart failure. gender identify; Hypertension; Hypertrophy. left ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 82455210400     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2011005000085     Document Type: Article

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