Early afterdepolarizations, u waves, and torsades de pointes

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 675-676

  Wu, Jiashin ^a   Wu, Jianyi ^a   Zipes, Douglas P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmia agents; Death, sudden; Editorials; Tachyarrhythmias; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; QUINIDINE DERIVATIVE;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE; TORSADE DES POINTES; U WAVE;

EID: 0037065893     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/circ.105.6.675     Document Type: Editorial

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