Open AccessInfluence of aging and chronic heart failure on temporal dispersion of myocardial repolarization
Author(s) -
Gianfranco Piccirillo,
Federica Moscucci,
Pascucci,
Pappadà,
D’Alessandro,
Pietro Rossi,
Quaglione,
Di Barba,
Barillà,
Damiano Magrì
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s41879
Subject(s) - medicine , repolarization , cardiology , qt interval , heart failure , electrophysiology
QT and T(peak)-T(end) (Te) intervals are associated with sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We studied age-dependent influence on short-term temporal dispersion of these two variables in patients with postischemic CHF.
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