Differences in twelve-lead electrocardiogram between symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects with short QT interval

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Anttonen, Olli ^a   Junttila, M Juhani ^b   Maury, Philippe ^e   Schimpf, Rainer ^c   Wolpert, Christian ^c   Borggrefe, Martin ^c   Giustetto, Carla ^d   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^d   Sacher, Frederic ^g   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^g   Sbragia, Pascal ^f   Brugada, Ramon ^h   Huikuri, Heikki V ^b  

^a PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^e CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^g HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiography; Short QT syndrome; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SHORT QT INTERVAL; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 58849125866     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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