Left ventricular mass is associated with ventricular repolarization heterogeneity one year after renal transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 446-451

  Arnol, M ^a   Starc, V ^b   Knap, B ^a   Potocnik N ^b   Bren, A F ^a   Kandus, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Graft function; Left ventricular mass; QT interval variability; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38149013065     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02083.x     Document Type: Article

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