QT dispersion as a noninvasive arrhythmiogenic marker in acute myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-38

  Papandonakis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Tsoukas, Athanasios ^a   Christakos, Stamatios ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; QT dispersion; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0032920491     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.1999.tb00362.x     Document Type: Article

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