Relationship of fragmented QRS complexes with inadequate coronary collaterals in patients with chronic total occlusion

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 499-504

  Erdoǧan, Turan ^a   Kocaman, Sinan Altan ^b   Çetin, Mustafa ^b   Çanga, Aytun ^b   Durakoǧlugil, Murtaza Emre ^a   Çiçek, Yüksel ^a   Temiz, Ahmet ^b   Karadaǧ, Zakir ^b   Uǧurlu, Yavuz ^b   Şatiroǧlu, Ömer ^a   Bostan, Mehmet ^a  

^a RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Rize Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

chronic total occlusion; collateral; coronary artery disease; fragmented QRS

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INADEQUATE CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84864284010     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328353683c     Document Type: Article

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