Are QT measurements on body surface ECG indicative of ventricular refractory patterns?

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-27

  Voss, Frederik ^a   Becker, Ruediger ^a   Bauer, Alexander ^a   Kraft, Patrizia ^a   Senges Becker, Julia C ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a   Schoels, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); ECG; QT dispersion; Repolarization; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; NONHUMAN; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 11244284061     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-004-0493-9     Document Type: Article

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