Mental stress may induce QT-interval prolongation and T-wave notching

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-259

  Andrássy, Gábor ^a   Szabo, Attila ^b,c   Ferencz, Gyöngyvér ^a   Trummer, Zsófia ^a   Simon, Eszter ^a   Tahy, Ádám ^a  

^a Saint Francis Hospital   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic modulation; Mental stress; QT interval; Sympathetic activity; T wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REPOLARIZATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; T WAVE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34447132225     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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