title: U wave alternans in severe ischaemia.
abstract: A patient with unstable angina and known heart failure, and marked U wave alternans on the electrocardiogram is reported. Alternans of the U wave with no change in the QRS complex is extremely rare. The relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Tivoli University Hospital, La Louvière, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mantia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans