Can abnormalities of ventricular repolarisation identify insulin dependent diabetic patients at risk of sudden cardiac death?

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-60

  Weston, P J ^a,c   Glancy, J M ^b   McNally, P G ^a   Thurston, H ^a   De Bono, D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor cardiac reflex sensitivity; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; QT dispersion; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030806471     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.1.56     Document Type: Article

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