QT dispersion is determined by the extent of viable myocardium in patients with chronic Q-wave myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3913-3920

  Schneider, Christian A ^a   Voth, Eberhard ^b   Baer, Frank M ^b   Horst, Michael ^b   Wagner, Rainer ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Myocardium; Revascularization; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0030689636     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.11.3913     Document Type: Article

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