Q-T interval prolongation in liver cirrhosis. Reversibility after orthotopic liver transplantation

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-329

  Finucci, Gianfranco ^a,b   Lunardi, Federico ^a   Sacerdoti, David ^a   Volpin, Roberta ^a   Bortoluzzi, Andrea ^a   Bombonato, Giancarlo ^a   Angeli, Paolo ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Med Clin e Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Q T dispersion; Q T interval

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0031838152     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.39.321     Document Type: Article

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