Circadian variation of QT interval dispersion: Correlation with heart rate variability

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-210

  Ishida, Shuji ^a   Nakagawa, Mikiko ^a   Fujino, Takao ^a   Yonemochi, Hidetoshi ^a   Saikawa, Tetsunori ^a   Ito, Morio ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

24 hour ambulatory ECG; Circadian variation; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0030756315     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(97)80005-2     Document Type: Article

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