Effect of low estrogen states in healthy women on dispersion of ventricular repolarization

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 354-356

  Saba, Samir ^a,b   Link, Mark S ^a   Homoud, Munther K ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SYNDROME X; T WAVE;

EID: 0035253072     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01377-1     Document Type: Article

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