Electrocardiographic QT prolongation and sudden death in renal hypokalemic alkalosis

Nephron

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 762-763

  Zanolari Calderari, Maura ^a   Vigier, Rodo O ^a   Bettinelli, Alberto ^a,c   Bianchetti, Mario G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bartter's disease; Hypokalemia; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PH; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC ALKALOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH; ALKALOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONG QT SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALKALOSIS; CASE REPORT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0036690608     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065045     Document Type: Article

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