High risk of abnormal QT prolongation in the early morning in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with severe hypoglycemia

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 238-244

  Tsujimoto, Tetsuro ^a,b   Yamamoto Honda, Ritsuko ^a   Kajio, Hiroshi ^a   Kishimoto, Miyako ^a   Noto, Hiroshi ^a   Hachiya, Remi ^a   Kimura, Akio ^a   Kakei, Masafumi ^b   Noda, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Diabetes; Nocturnal hypoglycemia; QT prolongation; Severe hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ABNORMALITIES; BLOOD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84930339939     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2015.1017528     Document Type: Article

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