Torsades: Adjacent and triggering electrocardiographic events

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 515-523

  Childers, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired long QT syndrome; Adjacent ECG events; Pause dependent T wave augmentation; Torsades de pointes; Triggering ECG events

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOPRENALINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPOLARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 78049455348     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.06.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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