Fragmented QRS is associated with torsades de pointes in patients with acquired long QT syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1808-1814

  Haraoka, Kayo ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Yukihiro ^a   Toh, Norihisa ^a   Miyoshi, Toru ^a   Nishii, Nobuhiro ^a   Nagase, Satoshi ^a   Nakamura, Kazufumi ^a   Kohno, Kunihisa ^a   Kusano, Kengo F ^a   Kawaguchi, Kenji ^b   Ohe, Tohru ^c   Ito, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^c Cardiovascular Center Sakakibara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired long QT syndrome; Fragmented QRS; Predisposing factor; Repolarization reserve; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 78650127407     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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