Relationship between rate-corrected QT interval and wall motion abnormalities in the setting of acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Raev, Dimitar ^a  

^a Central Clinical Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Echocardiography; QTc interval; Wall motion index

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030808305     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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