Effects of head-up tilt-table test on the QT interval

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Findler, Michael ^a   Birger, Amir ^a   Diamant, Shmuel ^a   Viskin, Sami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

electrocardiogram; head up tilt test; long QT syndrome; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RR INTERVAL; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954654071     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2010.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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