Postextrasystolic U wave augmentation, a new marker of increased arrhythmic risk in patients without the long QT syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1746-1752

  Viskin, Sami ^a   Heller, Karin ^a   Barron, Hal V ^a   Kitzis, Ilan ^a   Hamdan, Mohamed ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a   Wong, Mary J ^a   Grant, Stanley E ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; U WAVE;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0030478365     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00382-8     Document Type: Article

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