Changes in QT dispersion after thrombolysis for stroke

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-262

  Lazar, Jason ^a,b   Busch, David ^b   Wirkowski, Elizabeth ^b   Clark, Luther T ^a   Salciccioli, Louis ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; QT dispersion; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 40849094323     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.03.114     Document Type: Article

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