Assessment of QT intervals and prevalence of short QT syndrome in Japan

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 270-274

  Funada, Akira ^a   Hayashi, Kenshi ^a   Ino, Hidekazu ^a   Fujino, Noboru ^a   Uchiyama, Katsuharu ^a   Sakata, Kenji ^a   Masuta, Eiichi ^a   Sakamoto, Yuichiro ^a   Tsubokawa, Toshinari ^a   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiogram; Sex difference of QT intervals; Short qt interval; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT QT SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 46949099620     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20208     Document Type: Article

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