QT dispersion and transmural dispersion of repolarization in patients with familial Mediterranean fever

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 550-555

  Akcay, Ahmet ^a,b   Acar, Gurkan ^a   Sayarlioglu, Mehmet ^a   Sokmen, Abdullah ^a   Kaya, Hakan ^a   Ispiroglu, Murat ^a   Koroglu, Sedat ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KSU Medical School   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Electrocardiography; Familial mediterranean fever; QT dispersion; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; TRANSMURAL DISPERSION OF REPOLARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 70350001746     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-009-0196-7     Document Type: Article

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