Hypoglycaemia leads to an increased QT interval in normal men

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 570-575

  Eckert, Bodil ^a   Agardh, Carl David ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglycaemia; QT interval; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POTASSIUM;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALCIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; GLUCOSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0031793981     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1998.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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