Electrocardiogram screening of infants for long QT syndrome: survey of pediatric cardiologists in North America

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-7

  Chang, Ruey Kang R ^a   Rodriguez, Sandra ^a   Gurvitz, Michelle Z ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG; Infant; Long QT syndrome; Screening; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 71649100314     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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