Does increased QT dispersion in the acute phase of anterior myocardial infarction predict recovery of left ventricular wall motion?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Nakajima, Tamio ^a   Fujimoto, Shinichi ^a   Uemura, Shiro ^a   Kawamoto, Atsuhiko ^a   Doi, Naofumi ^a   Hashimoto, Toshio ^a   Dohi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inverted T wave; Myocardial infarction; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

EID: 0031952594     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(98)90001-2     Document Type: Article

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