Regional myocardial dysfunction assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in systemic sclerosis patients with fragmented QRS complexes

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 677-683

  Tigen, Kursat ^a   Sunbul, Murat ^a   Ozen, Gulsen ^a   Durmus, Erdal ^a   Kivrak, Tarik ^a   Cincin, Altug ^a   Ozben, Beste ^a   Atas, Halil ^a   Direskeneli, Haner ^a   Basaran, Yelda ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fragmented QRS; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGMENTED QRS COMPLEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REGIONAL MYOCARDIAL DYSFUNCTION; STANDARD; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84906938556     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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