QT interval-heart rate relation during exercise in normal men and women: Definition by linear regression analysis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1547-1555

  Kligfield, Paul ^a,b   Lax, Kevin G ^a   Okin, Peter M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPOLARIZATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030588975     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00351-8     Document Type: Article

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