Characterization of the non-linear rate-dependency of QT interval in humans

Europace

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-170

  Malfatto, G ^a   Facchini, M ^a   Zaza, A ^b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart rate; QT interval; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; STEADY STATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PURKINJE FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037378559     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0297     Document Type: Article

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