Comparison of QT intervals in African-Americans versus Caucasians

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 880-882

  Sgarbossa, Elena B ^a   Pinski, Sergio L ^a   Williams, Deborah ^b   Pavlovic Surjancev, Biljana ^a   Tang, Janice ^a   Trohman, Richard G ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RR INTERVAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034662769     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01112-7     Document Type: Article

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