The effect of estrogen replacement therapy on ventricular repolarization dynamics in healthy postmenopausal women

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-283

  Vrtovec, Bojan ^a   Starc, Vito ^a   Meden Vrtovec, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Beat to beat QT interval variability; Estrogen replacement therapy; Ventricular repolarization dynamics

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROFEM; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REST; RR INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034770147     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jelc.2001.26323     Document Type: Article

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