Electrocardiographic diagnosis of left-ventricular hypertrophy: Good news for the clinician?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 884-886

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a,b   Grassi, Guido ^a,b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REMISSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859884250     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328353093d     Document Type: Note

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