An evaluation of the impact of gender and age on QT dispersion in healthy subjects

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-133

  Tran, Hieu ^b,c   Michael White, C ^b,c   Chow, Moses S S ^d,e   Kluger, Jeffrey ^a,f  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Hong Kong)

^b Drug Information   (Hong Kong)

^c CT University of Connecticut Schools of Pharmacy   (Hong Kong)

^d Medicine   (Hong Kong)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Normal population; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035020511     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2001.tb00097.x     Document Type: Article

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