Surface electrocardiography and histologic rejection following orthotopic heart transplantation

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-64

  Eckart, Robert E ^a   Kolasa, Mark W ^a   Khan, Nancy A ^a   Kwan, Michael D ^a   Peele, Mark E ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Heart transplant; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT PROLONGATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12844274973     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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