The independent relationship of systemic inflammation with fragmented QRS complexes in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 449-457

  Çetin, Mustafa ^a   Kocaman, Sinan Altan ^a   Erdoǧan, Turan ^b   Çanga, Aytun ^a   Durakorǧlugil, Murtaza Emre ^b   Şatiroǧlu, Ömer ^b   Akgül, Özgür ^c   Kiriş, Tuncay ^d   Çiçek, Yüksel ^b   Yaylak, Bariş ^e   Doǧan, Sitki ^a   Şahin, Ismail ^a   Bostan, Mehmet ^b  

^a Rize Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Mehmet Akif Ersoy Heart Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Ordu State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e Artvin State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery disease; Electrocardiography; Inflammation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGMENTED QRS COMPLEX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865325650     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2012.42.7.449     Document Type: Article

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