Acute stroke increases QT dispersion in patients without known cardiac diseases

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 346-350

  Afsar, Nazire ^a   Fak, Ali S ^a   Metzger, Jacques T ^a   Van Melle, Guy ^a   Kappenberger, Lukas ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037337816     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.3.346     Document Type: Article

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