Effect of acute unloading via head-up tilt on QTc prolongation in patients with ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-415

  Grzywacz, Francis W ^a   Piacentino III, Valentino ^a   Marble, Judith ^a   Bozorgnia, Babek ^a   Gaughan, John P ^a   Rothman, Steven A ^a   Margulies, Kenneth B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART WORK; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RR INTERVAL; SUPINE POSITION;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31144454315     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.064     Document Type: Article

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