Short and long QT syndromes: Does QT length really matter

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 396-399

  Couderc, Jean Philippe ^a   Lopes, Coeli M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT QT INTERVAL; SHORT QT SYNDROME; CHANNELOPATHY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHANNELOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952117587     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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