Dispersion of the QT(end), QT(peak), and T(peak)-T(end) interval: Comparison of reproducibility in normal subjects and patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Savelieva, Irina ^a   Yi, Gang ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic QT measurement; QT dispersion; QT interval; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0031737893     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.1998.tb00043.x     Document Type: Article

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