Effects of postmyocardial infarction scar size, cardiac function, and severity of coronary artery disease on QT interval dispersion as a risk factor for complex ventricular arrhythmia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1508-1516

  Puljevic, Davor ^a,b   Smalcelj, Anton ^a   Durakovic, Zijad ^a   Goldner, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac function; Infarct size; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISPERSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM;

CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031830970     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00237.x     Document Type: Article

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