Both a prolonged QT interval and disturbance of auto-such as the congenital long QT syndrome, coronary arnomic nervous system function are markers of poor tery disease, and diabetic autonomic neuropathy. In prognosis in patients with diabetes mellitus and alcopatients with alcohol-related liver dis
Effect of liver transplantation on QT interval prolongation and autonomic dysfunction in end-stage liver disease
โ Scribed by R Mohamed; PR Forsey; MK Davies; JM Neuberger
- Book ID
- 118686169
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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To the Editor: diac interaction would not constitute definitive proof of the I read with great interest the paper by Mohamed et al. 1 hypothesis, nor would possible parallel mechanisms (e.g., documenting a prolonged QT cmax in patients with end-stage autonomic) necessarily be excluded. liver disease