QT interval dispersion in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome patients without hypertension

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 677-681

  Dursunoglu, D ^a,b   Dursunoglu N ^a   Evrengul H ^a   Ozkurt S ^a   Kilic M ^a   Fisekci, F ^a   Kuru, O ^a   Delen, O ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome; QT internal dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 17244369541     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00067104     Document Type: Article

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