Prevalence and prognostic significance of T-wave inversions in right precordial leads of a 12-lead electrocardiogram in the middle-aged subjects

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2572-2577

  Aro, Aapo L ^a   Anttonen, Olli ^b   Tikkanen, Jani T ^c   Junttila, M Juhani ^c   Kerola, Tuomas ^b   Rissanen, Harri A ^d   Reunanen, Antti ^d   Huikuri, Heikki V ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; electrocardiography; epidemiology; mortality; T wave inversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T WAVE INVERSION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861616837     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.098681     Document Type: Article

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