Electrolyte imbalance is an important cause of QT dispersion
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The impact of chronic hemodialysis on QT dispersion corrected QTdispersion and maximum QT-dispersion
Introduction: Sudden cardiac death is common in patients on hemodialysis and may occur in the immediate postdialysis period when ventricular premature complexes are common. QT dispersion reflecting hetovogelity in ventricle repolarization has been used for predicting patients with risk of malignant arrhythmia and sudden death. The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of hemodialysis on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Weekly
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1424-7860,1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13258