QT intervals and QT dispersion determined from a 12-lead 24-hour Holter recording in patients with coronary artery disease and patients with heart failure

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Hansen, Stig ^a   Rasmussen, Verner ^a   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^b   Jensen, Gorm Boje ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circadian variation; Coronary artery disease; Heart failure; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449101337     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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