QT interval dispersion and its clinical utility

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10 II, 1997, Pages 2625-2640

  Kautzner, Josef ^a   Malik, Marek ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

QT dispersion; QT interval; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; QT INTERVAL;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0030682187     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06112.x     Document Type: Article

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