Changes in QT intervals in patients with end-stage renal disease before and after hemodialysis

Increased dispersion of QT intervals is known to predispose to ventricular arrhyth-mias and sudden cardiac death. To assess the effect of hemodialysis (HD) on QT and corrected QT (QTc) intervals and their dispersions in chronic hemodialyzed patients we studied 85 patients (male/female = 48/37; mean...

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Main Authors: Malhis Mahmoud, Al-Bitar Sami, Farhood Saleh, Zaiat Khair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2010;volume=21;issue=3;spage=460;epage=465;aulast=Malhis

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