Gender and the heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 840-841

  Donahue, J Kevin ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SYSTOLE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745494098     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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