QT dispersion in the risk stratification of patients with unstable angina: Correlation with clinical course, troponin T and scintigraphy

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-289

  Dinckal, Mustafa Hakan ^a,c   Aksoy, Sefika Nur ^b   Aksoy, Mehmet ^a   Davutoǧlu, Vedat ^a   Dinckal, Nurten ^b   Akdemir, Ilyas ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gaziantep State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

QT dispersion; SPECT; Troponin T; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT DISPERSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPONIN T;

EID: 2942702214     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.3.2005183     Document Type: Article

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