Dispersion of ventricular repolarization: A new marker of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-450

  Göldeli, Özhan ^a,b,c   Dursun, Erbil ^a,b   Komsuoǧlu, Baki ^a,b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; QT dispersion; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 2642676068     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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