Relation between QT dispersion and the extent of myocardial ischemia in patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 564-568

  Stierle, Ulrich ^a,b   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Sheikhzadeh, Abdolhamid ^a   Krüger, Dietmar ^a   Schmücker, Georg ^a   Mitusch, Rolf ^a   Potratz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Curschmann Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0032032679     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00975-2     Document Type: Article

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