Atrial electromechanical coupling interval and P-wave dispersion in healthy elderly

Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-369

  Yildirim, Nesligül ^a   Tulmac, Murat ^a   Simsek, Vedat ^a   Dogru, Mehmet Tolga ^a   Ebinc, Haksun ^a   Guzel, Murat ^a   Celik, Yunus ^a   Eser, Ozer ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly; Electromechanical delay; P wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM P WAVE DURATION; MINIMUM P WAVE DURATION; P WAVE DISPERSION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868631360     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03325255     Document Type: Article

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