Mode of onset of torsade de pointes in congenital long QT syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1262-1268

  Viskin, Sami ^a,b   Alla, Srinivasa R ^a   Barron, Hal V ^a   Heller, Karin ^a   Saxon, Leslie ^a   Kitzis, Ilan ^a   Van Hare, George F ^a   Wong, Mary J ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0030298484     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00311-7     Document Type: Article

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