Vertical P-wave axis: The electrocardiographic synonym for pulmonary emphysema and its severity

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-42

  Chhabra, Lovely ^a   Sareen, Pooja ^a   Perli, Daniel ^a   Srinivasan, Indu ^a   Spodick, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive lung disease; Electrocardiogram (ECG); Pulmonary emphysema; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE CRITERIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; P WAVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VERTICAL P WAVE AXIS;

EID: 84861611459     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-4832(12)60009-1     Document Type: Article

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