Normal limits of the electrocardiogram in Nigerians

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-295

  Katibi, Ibraheem ^a   Clark, Elaine N ^b   Devine, Brian ^b   Lloyd, Suzanne M ^b   MacFarlane, Peter W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography Automated ECG analysis Normal limits Nigerian population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AUTOMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; P WAVE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84879685549     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2013.04.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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