Electrocardiogram QT interval increases in acute stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-180

  Mulcahy, James ^a   Johnson, Paul ^b   James, Martin ^b  

^a MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Electrocardiography; QT; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70849118248     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262315     Document Type: Article

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