Heart rate dependence of the QT interval duration: Differences among congenital long QT syndrome subtypes

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 550-556

  Němec, Jan ^a   Buncová, Marie ^c   Bůlková, Veronika ^b   Hejlik, Joseph ^d   Winter, Bruce ^d   Shen, Win Kuang ^d   Ackerman, Michael J ^d  

^a Minnesota Heart Clinic   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic QT measurement; Heart rate; Holter recording; IKs current; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 2442514256     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03096.x     Document Type: Article

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