QRS-T Angle: A Review

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 534-542

  Oehler, Andrew ^a   Feldman, Trevor ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Tereshchenko, Larisa G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; clinical; electrocardiography; electrophysiology; noninvasive techniques; sudden death

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS AMPLITUDE; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SPATIAL QRS T ANGLE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; T WAVE INVERSION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84937511706     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anec.12206     Document Type: Review

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