Dispersion of QT and QTc interval in healthy children, and effects of sinus arrhythmia on QT dispersion

Heart

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-79

  Tutar, H Ercan ^a,b   Ocal B ^a   Imamoglu, A ^a   Atalay, S ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Heart rate; QT dispersion; Sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0031876455     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.80.1.77     Document Type: Article

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