Relationship between infarction location and size to QT dispersion in patients with chronic myocardial infarction

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 455-461

  Hashimoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Musha, Haruki ^a   Ozawa, Atsushi ^a   Imai, Yukiko ^a   Kawasaki, Kensuke ^a   Miyazu, Osamu ^a   Nagashima, Junzo ^a   So, Takehiko ^a   Miyake, Fumihiko ^b   Murayama, Masahiro ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION LOCALIZATION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744378303     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.43.455     Document Type: Article

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