T vector and loop characteristics in coronary artery disease and during acute ischemia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-325

  Rubulis, Aigars ^a   Jensen, Jens ^a   Lundahl, Gunilla ^a   Tapanainen, Jari ^a   Wecke, Liliane ^a   Bergfeldt, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanism; Coronary occlusion; Hypertension; Vectorcardiography; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 9244220683     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.03.076     Document Type: Article

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