Clinical and electrocardiographic characteristics of patients with short QT interval in a large hospital-based population

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-74

  Miyamoto, Akashi ^a   Hayashi, Hideki ^a   Yoshino, Tomohide ^a   Kawaguchi, Tamiro ^a   Taniguchi, Atsushi ^a   Itoh, Hideki ^a   Sugimoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^a   Makiyama, Takeru ^b   Xue, Joel Q ^c   Murakami, Yoshitaka ^a   Horie, Minoru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Prevalence; Prognosis; QT interval; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT QT INTERVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84655170044     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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