Easily missed? Long QT syndrome

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7741, 2010, Pages 314-

  Abrams, Dominic J ^a   Perkin, Malcolm A ^b   Skinner, Jonathan R ^c  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Roysia Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXETINE; SERTRALINE; SOTALOL; TERFENADINE;

ABRASION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SYNCOPE; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; SYNCOPE;

EID: 76149144498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4815     Document Type: Article

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