QT dispersion in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: The impact of disease activity

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kojuri, Javad ^a,b   Nazarinia, Mohammad A ^a   Ghahartars, Mohammad ^a   Mahmoody, Yadollah ^a   Rezaian, Gholam R ^a   Liaghat, Lida ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disease activity score; QT dispersion; SLE

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QT DISPERSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYPERTENSION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857419593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-11     Document Type: Article

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