Eisenmenger syndrome: Identifying the clues for arrhythmia

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Semizel, Evren ^a   Alehan, Dursun ^b   Ozer, Sema ^b   Serdar, Muhittin A ^c  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Eisenmenger syndrome; Electrocardiography; Heart rate variability; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PR INTERVAL; QT DISPERSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY;

EID: 39449121362     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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