Electrocardiographic implications of the prolonged QT interval

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 866-871

  Moskovitz, Joshua B ^a   Hayes, Bryan D ^b   Martinez, Joseph P ^b   Mattu, Amal ^b   Brady, William J ^c  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FAINTNESS; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84877703344     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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