Qt dispersion in children with ventricular arrhythmia and a structurally normal heart

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 335-338

  Waller III, B Rush ^a,b   Balaji, Seshadri ^a   Ye, Xiaobu ^a   Gillette, Paul C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

QT dispersion; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; QT INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0033051703     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00447.x     Document Type: Article

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