Inaccurate electrocardiographic interpretation of long QT: The majority of physicians cannot recognize a long QT when they see one

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 569-574

  Viskin, Sam ^a   Rosovski, Uri ^a   Sands, Andrew J ^b   Chen, Edmond ^c   Kistler, Peter M ^b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^b   Rodriguez Chavez, Laura ^d   Iturralde Torres, Pedro ^d   Cruz, Fernando E S ^e   Centurión, Osmar A ^f   Fujiki, Akira ^g   Maury, Philippe ^h   Chen, Xiaomin ⁱ   Krahn, Andrew D ^j   Roithinger, Franz ^k   Zhang, Li ^l   Vincent, G Michael ^l   Zeltser, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^e National Cardiology of Laranjeiras   (Brazil)

^f Sanatorio Migone Battilana   (Paraguay)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^h CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

ⁱ NINGBO FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Long QT; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 21144457928     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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