Is exercise testing useful in identifying congenital long QT syndrome?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-236

  Dillenburg, Rejane F ^a   Hamilton, Robert M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEXILETINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; Q WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREADMILL;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037081561     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02210-X     Document Type: Article

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