Acute alcohol intake and QT dispersion in healthy subjects

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 555-558

  Uyarel, Huseyin ^a,b   Ozdol, Cagdas ^a,c   Gencer, Ahmet Murat ^a,d   Okmen, Ertan ^a   Cam, Nese ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Dumlupinar Mah   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 23944509777     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2005.66.555     Document Type: Article

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