Can sudden cardiac death be predicted from the T wave of the ECG? A critical examination of T wave alternans and QT interval dispersion

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1407-1416

  Costantini, Otto ^a   Drabek, Carole ^a   Rosenbaum, David S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTION; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; T WAVE;

EID: 0033671341     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00971.x     Document Type: Review

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