QTc prolongation during therapeutic hypothermia: Are we giving it the attention it deserves?

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-270

  Khan, Jamal Nasir ^a,b   Prasad, Neeraj ^b   Glancy, James Michael ^b  

^a SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; QT interval; Resuscitation; Therapeutic hypothermia; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INOTROPISM; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POTASSIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 76749097364     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup376     Document Type: Article

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