Clinical significance of increased QT dispersion in the 12-lead standard ECG for arrhythmia risk prediction in dilated cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages 1886-1889

  Grimm, Wolfram ^a   Steder, Ulrike ^a   Menz, Volker ^a   Hoffmann, Jürgen ^a   Grote, Frank ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

arrhythmic events; idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029909149     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03246.x     Document Type: Article

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