QT dispersion: Much ado about something?

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1974-1977

  Chen, Alex ^a   Kusumoto, Fred M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOVELACE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 2942705731     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.6.1974     Document Type: Editorial

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