The T wave as a marker of dispersion of ventricular repolarization in premature infants before and while on treatment with the IKr channel blocker cisapride

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-36

  Benatar, Avram ^a,b   Cools, Filip ^a   Decraene, Tine ^a   Bougatef, Adel ^a   Vandenplas, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dispersion of ventricular repolarization; Premature infants; QTc; T wave

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ERG PROTEIN, HUMAN; ERG1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KCNH6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PREMATURITY; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; R WAVE; T WAVE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EVALUATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; INFANT WELFARE; LONG QT SYNDROME; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR;

BELGIUM; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CISAPRIDE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONG QT SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RISK FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0036364874     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000069     Document Type: Article

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