QT interval lengthening after fasting complicated by a sudden attack of torsades de pointes

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-87

  Petrov, Daniel Bogdanov ^a  

^a Pirogov Emergency Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FASTING; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0037219579     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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