QTc dispersion in hyperthyroidism and its association with pulmonary hypertension

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-499

  Guntekin, Unal ^a   Gunes, Yilmaz ^a   Tuncer, Mustafa ^a   Simsek, Hakki ^a   Gumrukcuoglu, Hasan Ali ^a   Arslan, Sevket ^a   Gunes, Ahmet ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Urfa Kalp Merkezi Cardiology Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Pulmonary hypertension; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QT DISPERSION; QT PROLONGATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 63049104681     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02310.x     Document Type: Article

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