Heterogeneity of ventricular repolarization in newborns with severe aortic coarctation

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-306

  Nigro, Gerardo ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^a,b   Rago, Anna ^a   Papa, Andrea Antonio ^a   Cioppa, Nadia Della ^c   Di Meo, Federica ^a   Corcione, Antonio ^c   Caianiello, Giuseppe ^c   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

^c MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; JTc dispersion; Neonates; QTc dispersion; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; JT DISPERSION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AORTIC COARCTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 84862283130     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0132-4     Document Type: Article

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