Dynamic changes of QT dispersion as a predictor of myocardial ischemia on exercise testing in patients with angina pectoris

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-126

  Musha, Haruki ^a   So, Takehiko ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Eto, Fumihiko ^a   Ozawa, Atsushi ^a   Kunishima, Tomoyuki ^b   Murayama, Masahiro ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Exercise testing; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TREADMILL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0032893962     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.40.119     Document Type: Article

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