The P-wave morphology: what does it tell us?;Die P-Wellen-Morphologie: was sagt sie uns?

Herzschrittmachertherapie und Elektrophysiologie

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 192-199

  Baranchuk, Adrian ^a   Bayés de Luna, Antoni ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ICCC St Pau Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Interatrial block; Intra atrial block; P sinistroatriale; P wave

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIRST DEGREE INTERATRIAL BLOCK; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM INFARCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HUMAN; P WAVE; QRS AMPLITUDE; SECOND DEGREE INTERATRIAL BLOCK; SINUS RHYTHM; THIRD DEGREE INTERATRIAL BLOCK; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART BLOCK; PROCEDURES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS;

EID: 84941421910     PISSN: 09387412     EISSN: 14351544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00399-015-0385-3     Document Type: Article

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