Effects of acute alcohol infusion on duration and dispersion of QT interval in male patients with coronary artery disease and in healthy controls

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 591-594

  Rossinen, Juhani ^a   Sinisalo, Juha ^a   Partanen, Juhani ^b   Nieminen, Markku S ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Ethanol; QT dispersion; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE; STATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0032880005     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960220910     Document Type: Article

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