Normal values of the electrocardiogram for ages 16-90 years

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 914-921

  Rijnbeek, Peter R ^a   Van Herpen, Gerard ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^b   Man, Sumche ^c   Verweij, Niek ^d   Hofman, Albert ^a   Hillege, Hans ^d   Numans, Matthijs E ^b,e   Swenne, Cees A ^c   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Kors, Jan A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult; Elderly; Electrocardiogram; Normal limits; Normal values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NETHERLANDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908283872     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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