Dynamic ventricular repolarisation: From physiology to prognosis

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-286

  Xhaet, Olivier ^a   van de Borne, Philippe ^a   Pathak, Atul ^a,b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic system; QT dynamicity; QT RR; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular arrhythmias; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

EID: 33750972612     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340306778772931     Document Type: Review

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