Ostensible day-night difference of QT prolongation during long-term treatment with antiarrhythmic drugs: Reappraisal of the law of 'regression to the mean'

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-65

  Murakawa, Yuji ^a   Yamashita, Takeshi ^a   Ajiki, Kohsuke ^a   Sezaki, Kazunori ^a   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring; Antiarrhythrnic drug; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISOPYRAMIDE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031777157     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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