Prolongation of the QT interval in primary aldosteronism

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 66-69

  Matsumura, Kiyoshi ^a   Fujii, Koji ^a   Kansui, Yasuo ^a   Arima, Hisatomi ^a   Iida, Mitsuo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Hypertension; Potassium; Primary aldosteronism; QT interval

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; QT PROLONGATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENALECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM;

EID: 14644427742     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2005.04161.x     Document Type: Article

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