Circadian profile of QT interval and QT interval variability in 172 healthy volunteers

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 377-382

  Bonnemeier, Hendrik ^a   Wiegand, Uwe K H ^a   Braasch, Wiebke ^a   Brandes, Axel ^a   Richardt, Gert ^a   Potratz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging circadian profile; Gender; QT interval; QT interval variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; T WAVE;

EID: 0037251398     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00053.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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