QT interval disturbances in hospitalized elderly patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-150

  Lubat, Emilia ^a   Segal, Refael ^a,b   Yearovoi, Alexandra ^a   Fridenson, Aharon ^a   Baumoehl, Yehuda ^a   Leobovitz, Arthur ^a  

^a Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hospitalized elderly; Q T interval

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT QT INTERVAL;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67549151194     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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