QTc-prolongation in posterior circulation stroke

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-175

  Henninger, Nils ^a   Haussen, Diogo C ^b   Kakouros, Nikolaos ^a   Selim, Magdy ^c   Searls, D Eric ^c   Kumar, Sandeep ^c   Schlaug, Gottfried ^c   Caplan, Louis R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Brainstem; Electrocardiogram; Posterior cerebral artery; QTc; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; LINEAR MODELS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84885186960     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9873-7     Document Type: Article

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