Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 242-250 , May 2010

QRS integral: an electrocardiographic indicator of mechanical interventricular asynchrony

  • Alexander Samol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Muenster, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Universitätsklinikum Münster, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik C, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
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  • Stefan Klotz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Muenster, Germany
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  • Jörg Stypmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Muenster, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Bruns, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Muenster, Germany
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  • Richard Houben, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medtronic Bakken Research Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Matthias Paul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Muenster, Germany
    • ,
  • Christian Vahlhaus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Muenster, Germany

Received 16 September 2009

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☆ No author has a conflict of interest.

☆☆ This study was supported by Medtronic (AF2000084) and in part supported by the German Research Foundation (Va 156/2-1).

PII: S0022-0736(09)00625-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.12.006

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 242-250 , May 2010

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