QT dispersion. Is it an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage?

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-411

  Gölbaşi, Zehra ^a,b   Selçoki, Yusuf ^a   Eraslan, Turali ^a   Kaya, Deniz ^a   Aydoǧdu, Sinan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intracerebral hemorrhage; QT dispersion; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0344200062     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.40.405     Document Type: Article

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