Circadian variation of the QT interval in patients with sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 950-956

  Yi, Gang ^a,b   Guo, Xiao Hua ^a   Reardon, Michael ^a   Gallagher, Mark M ^a   Hnatkova, Katerina ^a   Camm, A John ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032522757     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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