Differentiation between LQT1 and LQT2 patients and unaffected subjects using 24-hour electrocardiographic recordings

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 679-685

  Viitasalo, Matti ^a,b   Oikarinen, Lasse ^b   Väänänen, Heikki ^c   Swan, Heikki ^b   Piippo, Kirsi ^b   Kontula, Kimmo ^b   Barron, Hal V ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^b   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONG QT SYNDROME TYPE 1; LONG QT SYNDROME TYPE 2; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037086292     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02339-6     Document Type: Article

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