JTc prolongation with d,l-sotalol in women versus men

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 354-359

  Lehmann, Michael H ^a   Hardy, Sterling ^b   Archibald, Donald ^b   MacNeil, Daniel J ^c  

^a SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOTALOL; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0033080926     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00868-6     Document Type: Article

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