QT interval in patients with unstable angina and non-Q wave myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-348

  Rukshin, Vladimir ^a   Monakier, Daniel ^a   Olshtain Pops, Karen ^a   Balkin, Jonathan ^a   Tzivoni, Dan ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

M cells; Myocardial infarction; Non Q infarction; QT interval; Subendocardial ischemia; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0036811992     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2002.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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