Malignant early repolarization: It's the T-wave, stupid...

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 903-904

  Viskin, Sami ^a   Havakuk, Ofer ^a,b   Antzelevitch, Charles ^c   Rosso, Raphael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QTC INTERVAL; R WAVE AMPLITUDE; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HUMANS;

EID: 84957900470     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.12.017     Document Type: Editorial

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