Evaluation of serial QT dispersion in patients with first non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: Relation to the severity of underlying coronary artery disease

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-195

  Lyras, Theodoros G ^a,b   Papapanagiotou, V A ^a   Foukarakis, M G ^a   Panou, F K ^a   Skampas, N D ^a   Lakoumentas, J A ^a   Priftis, C V ^a   Zacharoulis, A A ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Palmos   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Non Q wave myocardial infarction; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037386145     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960260409     Document Type: Article

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