Altered ventricular repolarization during hypoglycaemia in patients with diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 648-654

  Marques, J L B ^a   George, E ^b   Peacey, S R ^b   Harris, N D ^a   Macdonald, I A ^c   Cochrane, T ^a   Heller, S R ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Electrocardiogram; Hypoglycaemia; IDDM; NIDDM; QT interval; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QT INTERVAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030874319     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199708)14:8<648::AID-DIA418>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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