Postmyocardial infarction patients susceptible to ventricular tachycardia show increased T wave dispersion independent of delayed ventricular conduction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1115-1120

  Oikarinen, Lasse ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Korhonen, Petri ^a   Väänänen, Heikki ^a,b   Hänninen, Helena ^a   Montonen, Juha ^a,b   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^a   Katila, Toivo ^a,b   Toivonen, Lauri ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Magnetocardiography; QT dispersion; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T WAVE;

EID: 0034781412     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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