Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 48-53 , January 2010

Filtered QRS duration on signal-averaged electrocardiography correlates with ventricular dyssynchrony assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in patients with reduced ventricular ejection fraction

  • Tatsuya Tahara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan
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  • Taiji Sogou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan
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  • Chisato Suezawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan
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  • Hitoshi Matsubara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan
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  • Norihiro Tada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan
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  • Sho Tsushima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan
    • ,
  • Tomoki Kitawaki, DEng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Technology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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  • Ryoko Shinohata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Technology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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  • Shozo Kusachi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Technology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Technology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.

Received 30 January 2009

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PII: S0022-0736(09)00249-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.06.005

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 48-53 , January 2010

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