Effect of weight loss on QTc dispersion in obese subjects

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-129

  Seyfeli, Ergün ^a   Duru, Mehmet ^a   Kuvandik, Güven ^a   Kaya, Hasan ^a   Yalçin, Fatih ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electrocardiographic marker; Obesity; QTc dispersion; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PR INTERVAL; PREDICTION; PROTEIN INTAKE; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33745642085     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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