Detection of left ventricular hypertrophy by the R-wave voltage in lead aVL: Population-based study

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 653-659

  Rodrigues, Sérgio Lamêgo ^a   Ângelo, Lílian Cláudia Souza ^b   Baldo, Marcelo Perim ^a   Dantas, Eduardo Miranda ^a   Barcelos, Alexandre Maulaz ^a   Pereira, Alexandre C ^b   Krieger, José Eduardo ^b   Mill, José Geraldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; R WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84883055482     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-013-0578-x     Document Type: Article

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