The effect of aortic coarctation surgical repair on QTc and JTc dispersion in severe aortic coarctation newborns: A short-term follow-up study

Physiological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-33

  Nigro, G ^a   Russo, V ^a   Rago, A ^a   Papa, Andrea Antonio ^a   Cioppa, N D ^b   Scarpati, C ^b   Palladino, T ^b   Corcione, A ^b   Sarubbi, B ^a   Caianiello, G ^b   Russo, M G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; JT dispersion; QT dispersion; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

AORTIC COARCTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

AORTIC COARCTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896909294     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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