Relationship of fragmented QRS with prognostic markers and in-hospital MACE in patients undergoing CABG

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-113

  Erdoǧan, Turan ^a   Çetin, Mustafa ^b   Kocaman, Sinan Altan ^b   Çanga, Aytun ^a   Durakoǧlugil, Murtaza Emre ^a   Çiçek, Yüksel ^a   Bozok, Şahin ^a   Şatiroǧlu, Ömer ^a   Bostan, Mehmet ^a  

^a RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Rize Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk; coronary artery bypass graft surgery; coronary artery disease; fragmented QRS; low cardiac output syndrome; major adverse cardiovascular events; negative predictive value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRAGMENTED QRS COMPLEX; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858407532     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2011.651485     Document Type: Article

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