Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 31-39 , January 2010

Reference values of electrocardiogram repolarization variables in a healthy population

  • Christian Haarmark, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (DARC), Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Claus Graff, MScEng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Mads P. Andersen, MScEng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    • ,
  • Thomas Hardahl, MScEng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Johannes J. Struijk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Egon Toft, MD PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    • Department of Cardiology S, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    • ,
  • Joel Xue, PhD

      Affiliations

    • General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI
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  • Gordon I. Rowlandson, MScEng

      Affiliations

    • General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI
    • ,
  • Peter R. Hansen, MD PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology P, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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  • Jørgen K. Kanters, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (DARC), Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Cardiology S, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    • Department of Cardiology P, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum, Building 6.6.40, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.

Received 7 January 2009

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☆ Source of funding: The work was supported by The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmias and The Danish Heart Foundation.

PII: S0022-0736(09)00373-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.08.001

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 31-39 , January 2010

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