The QT and corrected QT interval in recovery after exercise in children

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 448-455

  Berger, Wouter Rudolph ^a,d   Gow, Robert M ^e   Kamberi, Suleman ^a   Cheung, Michael ^a,b,c   Smith, Katherine Rose ^b   Davis, Andrew Mark ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Exercise; Long QT syndrome; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRECTED QT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPINE POSITION; VOLUNTEER; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; LONG QT SYNDROME; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054050826     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.961094     Document Type: Article

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