Effect of successful coronary angioplasty and stent implantation on QT dispersion

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-337

  Yesilbursa, Dilek ^a   Serdar, Akin ^a   Aydinlar, Ali ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; QT dispersion; Stent implantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0032802768     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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