Short QT Interval and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Without Structural Heart Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1905-1907

  Poglajen, Gregor ^a   Fister, Misa ^a   Radovancevic, Branislav ^a   Vrtovec, Bojan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; T WAVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646195829     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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