P-wave duration and dispersion in patients with emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1151-1154

  Russo, Vincenzo ^a   Rago, Anna ^a   Palladino, Alberto ^a   Papa, Andrea Antonio ^a   Di Meo, Federica ^a   Cioppa, Nadia Della ^a   Golino, Paolo ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Calabró, Raffaele ^a   Politano, Luisa ^a   Nigro, Gerardo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy; P wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; P WAVE;

EID: 84856690292     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e31822cf97a     Document Type: Article

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