Electrocardiographic measures of ventricular repolarisation dispersion in patients with coronary artery disease susceptible to ventricular fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 554-559

  Oikarinen, L ^a   Toivonen, L ^a   Viitasalo, M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; QT dispersion; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DILTIAZEM; DIURETIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

EID: 0031810219     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.6.554     Document Type: Article

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