Changes in cardiac repolarization during clinical episodes of nocturnal hypoglycaemia in adults with Type 1 diabetes

Diabetologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 312-315

  Robinson, R T C E ^a   Harris, N D ^b   Ireland, R H ^a   Macdonald, I A ^c   Heller, S R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoglycaemia; Overnight euglycaemia; QT interval; Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOSE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NIGHT; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; SLEEP;

EID: 1542345047     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1292-4     Document Type: Article

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