Relationship between the QT indices and the microvolt-level T wave alternans in cardiomyopathy

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 974-978

  Kuroda, N ^a   Ohnishi, Y ^a   Adachi, K ^a   Yokoyama, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; QT indices; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0034755613     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.974     Document Type: Article

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