Evaluation of QT interval duration and dispersion and proposed clinical criteria in diagnosis of long QT syndrome in patients with a genetically uniform type of LQT1

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 486-491

  Swan, Heikki ^a   Saarinen, Kirsi ^a   Kontula, Kimmo ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISPERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DNA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0032145675     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00248-4     Document Type: Article

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