QT dispersion: Electrophysiological holy grail or the greatest fallacy in the surface ECG?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 404-405

  Celik, Turgay ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Kursaklioglu, Hurkan ^a   Turhan, Hasan ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947723375     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.05.045     Document Type: Article

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