Repolarization characteristics and incidence of Torsades de pointes in patients with acquired complete atrioventricular block

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 98-100

  Bozkaya, Yasemin Turan ^a   Eroǧlu, Zuhal ^a   Kayikçioǧlu, Meral ^a   Payzin, Serdar ^a   Can, Levent H ^a   Kültürsay, Hakan ^a   Hasdemir, Can ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heart block; JT interval; QT interval; Repolarization; Torsade de Pointes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRESYNCOPE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; TORSADE DES POINTES; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSADES DE POINTES; TURKEY;

EID: 34447104260     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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