QT dispersion and rate-corrected qt dispersion during electroconvulsive therapy in elderly patients

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Yamaguchi, Shigeki ^a   Nagao, Masaru ^a   Ikeda, Tomohisa ^a   Fukagawa, Daigo ^a   Kimura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kitajima, Toshimitsu ^a   Minami, Junichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

elderly; Electroconvulsive therapy; QT dispersion; QTc dispersion

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; RATE CORRECTED QT DISPERSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 80052428457     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31822145bd     Document Type: Article

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