Electrocardiographic T wave abnormalities

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 606-610

  Lin, Weiqin ^a   Teo, Swee Guan ^b   Poh, Kian Keong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b RAFFLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ECG; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Ischaemic heart disease; T wave abnormalities

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHORESIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887885079     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013218     Document Type: Article

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