Effect of hyperlipidemia on QT dispersion in patients without ischemic heart disease

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 847-850

  Szabó, Zoltán ^a   Harangi, Mariann ^a   Lörincz, István ^a   Seres, Ildikó ^a   Katona, Evelin ^a   Karányi, Zsolt ^a   Paragh, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidemia; Ionic channels; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 25844526364     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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