The effects of propofol and sevoflurane on the QT interval and transmural dispersion of repolarization in children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-77

  Whyte, Simon D ^a,b   Booker, Peter D ^a   Buckley, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; T WAVE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROPOFOL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 10944241520     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000140781.18391.41     Document Type: Article

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