Epileptic Patients are at Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Novel Approach using QT-nomogram, Tachogram, and Cardiac Restitution Plots.

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Published in J Neurosci Rural Pract on February 02, 2017

Authors

Marwan S Al-Nimer1, Sura A Al-Mahdawi2, Namir M Abdullah3, Akram Al-Mahdawi4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq; Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq.
2: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq.
3: Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.
4: Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.

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