Effect of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks on QT dispersion

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1146-1148

  Gurevitz, Osnat ^a,b   Yaacoby, Elad ^a,b   Segal, Eran ^a,b   Perel, Azriel ^a,b   Eldar, Michael ^a,b   Kaplinsky, Elieser ^a,b   Glikson, Michael ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SHORT SURVEY; T WAVE;

EID: 0034670104     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01178-4     Document Type: Article

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