The prolongation of the QT interval in the acute rheumatic carditis: An enigma;O alongamento do intervalo QT na cardite reumática aguda: Um enigma

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Saraiva, Lurildo R ^a,b   Santos, Cleusa Lapa ^a   De Aguiar, Inês Remígio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heart valve diseases; Long QT syndrome; Myocarditis; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDITIS; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; QT PROLONGATION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547581749     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2006001900025     Document Type: Short Survey

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