A comparison of the QT and QTc dispersion among patients with sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias and different etiologies of heart disease

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-322

  Kluger, Jeffrey ^a   Giedrimiene, Dalia ^b   Michael White, C ^a,c   Verroneau, Joan ^a   Giedrimas, Evaldas ^b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Myocardial infarction; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 0034760812     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2001.tb00125.x     Document Type: Article

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