Effects of slow coronary artery flow on QT interval duration and dispersion

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-111

  Atak, Ramazan ^a   Turhan, Hasan ^a,d   Sezgin, Alpay T ^b   Yetkin, Ozkan ^c   Senen, Kubilay ^a   Ileri, Mehmet ^a   Sahin, Onur ^a   Karabal, Orhan ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^b   Kutuk, Emine ^a   Demirkan, Deniz ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

QT dispersion; Slow coronary flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141636736     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08203.x     Document Type: Article

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