Effect of hemodialysis on the dispersion of the QTc interval

Nephron

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-432

  Cupisti, Adamasco ^a   Galetta, Fabio ^a   Morelli, Ester ^a   Tintori, Giancarlo ^a   Sibilia, Gabriella ^a   Meola, Mario ^a   Barsotti, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EXCITABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNESIUM; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RENAL DIALYSIS; UREMIA;

EID: 0031958520     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000044972     Document Type: Article

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