The relation of QT dispersion and localized QT difference to coronary pathology in a population with unstable coronary artery disease

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-29

  Kesek, Milos ^a   Englund, Anders ^b   Jernberg, Tomas ^c   Lagerqvist, Bo ^c   Lindahl, Bertil ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Qt dispersion; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; REPOLARIZATION; THORAX PAIN; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 2142693747     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08105.x     Document Type: Article

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