Dispersion of the QT interval as a predictor of cardiac death in patients with coronary heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages 1900-1904

  Trusz Gluza, Maria ^a,b   Wozniak Skowerska, Iwona ^a   Giec, Leszek ^a   Szydlo, Krzysztof ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b I Clinic of Cardiology   (Poland)

Author keywords

electrocardiography; QT dispersion; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029999516     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03249.x     Document Type: Article

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