Sex discrimination and the QT interval

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-188

  Berger, Ronald D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SEXISM;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 58849106797     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.11.031     Document Type: Editorial

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