QT Interval Variability. Is It a Measure of Autonomic Activity?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 851-852

  Berger, Ronald D ^a  

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

Author keywords

electrocardiogram; repolarization; sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REPOLARIZATION; SINUS NODE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 68649083986     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.06.007     Document Type: Editorial

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