Relation between the behaviors of P-wave and QT dispersions in elderly patients with heart failure;Relação entre os comportamentos das dispersões da onda P e do intervalo QT em idosos com insuficiência cardíaca

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 494-499

  Szlejf, Cláudia ^a   Rays, Jairo ^b   Eluf Gebara, Otávio Celso ^b   Vieira, Núbia Welerson ^b   Pierri, Humberto ^b   Nussbacher, Amit ^b   Batista Serro Azul, João ^b   Samesima, Nelson ^b   Pastore, Carlos Alberto ^b   Wajngarten, Maurício ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heart failure; P wave dispersion; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0036872901     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2002001400007     Document Type: Article

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