Beat-to-beat QT dynamics in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 660-664

  Larroude, Charlotte E ^a,b,h   Jensen, Berit T ^a,b,h   Agner, Erik ^b   Toft, Egon ^d,e   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^c   Wachtell, Kristian ^f,g   Kanters, Jørgen K ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Elsinore Hospital   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^h DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; QT dynamics; QT lag; Twenty four hour Holter monitoring; Variability ratio

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RELIABILITY; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646768212     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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