Influence of early coronary reperfusion on QT interval dispersion after acute myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1646-1653

  Endoh, Yasuhiro ^a   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^b   Ohnishi, Satoshi ^b   Shibata, Nitaro ^a   Hosoda, Saichi ^b  

^a Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Early coronary reperfusion; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY REPERFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT INTERVAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0030737805     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03534.x     Document Type: Article

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