Usefulness of the QTc interval in predicting acute allograft rejection

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 217-221

  Richartz, B M ^a,b   Radovancevic, B ^a   Bologna, M T ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

ECG; Graft rejection; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0031689506     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1010228     Document Type: Article

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