QT dispersion in sarcoidosis

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2619-2625

  Uyarel, Huseyin ^a,b   Uslu, Nevzat ^a   Okmen, Ertan ^a   Tartan, Zeynep ^a   Kasikcioglu, Hulya ^a   Dayi, Sennur Unal ^a   Cam, Nese ^a  

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

^b Dumlupmar Mh   (Turkey)

Author keywords

QT intervals; Sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY;

EID: 27144481546     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2619     Document Type: Article

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