Paradoxical behavior of the QT interval during exercise and recovery and its relationship with cardiac memory

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 413-416

  Moleiro, Federico ^a   Misticchio, Francesca ^a   Torres, Jose M ^a   Pulido, Moises ^a   Luque, Milagros ^a   Rodriguez, Ana ^a   Mendoza, Ivan ^a   Guerrero, Julio ^a   Ruesta, Victor ^a   Castellanos, Agustin ^b   Myerburg, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Cardiac memory; Computer model; Exercise testing; QT interval; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; QT INTERVAL; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0033033373     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960220609     Document Type: Article

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