The site of origin of torsade de pointes

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1650-1654

  Birati, Edo Y ^a   Belhassen, Bernard ^a   Bardai, Abdennasser ^b   Wilde, Arthur A M ^b   Viskin, Sami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 80053179414     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.212381     Document Type: Article

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