The independent relationship between systemic inflammation and fragmented QRS complexes in patients with stable angina pectoris

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 668-675

  Cetin, Mustafa ^a   Kocaman, Sinan Altan ^a   Canga, Aytun ^a   Durakoglugil, M Emre ^b   Erdogan, Turan ^b   Satiroglu, Omer ^b   Kiris, Tuncay ^c   Ugurlu, Yavuz ^a   Cicek, Yuksel ^b   Bostan, Mehmet ^b  

^a Rize Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ordu State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Coronary artery disease; Coronary atherosclerotic burden; FQRS; Fragmented QRS; Inflammation; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TRANSDUCER; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ANGINA, STABLE; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGINA, STABLE; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864546607     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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