High interobserver variability in the assessment of epsilon waves: Implications for diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 208-216

  Platonov, Pyotr G ^a,b   Calkins, Hugh ^c   Hauer, Richard N ^d   Corrado, Domenico ^e   Svendsen, Jesper H ^f,g   Wichter, Thomas ^h   Biernacka, Elzbieta Katarzyna ⁱ   Saguner, Ardan M ^j   Te Riele, Anneline S J M ^k,l   Zareba, Wojciech ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INTERUNIVERSITY CARDIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^f Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h MarienHospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy dysplasia; Electrocardiography; Epsilon wave; Interobserver variability; Task Force criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; WAVEFORM; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84955472663     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.08.031     Document Type: Article

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