Prolonged QRS duration increases QT dispersion but does not relate to arrhythmias in survivors of acute myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 789-795

  Kirchhof, Paulus ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^a   Arslan, Oya ^a   Reinhardt, Lutz ^a   Mönnig, Gerold ^a   Fetsch, Thomas ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersion of repolarization; Late potentials; Myocardial infarction; Risk stratification; Signal averaged ECG; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; REPOLARIZATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035006111     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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