QT dispersion as a risk factor for sudden cardiac death and fatal myocardial infarction in a coronary risk population

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 268-272

  Mänttäri, Matti ^a,b   Oikarinen, Lasse ^a   Manninen, Vesa ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; QT dispersion; QT interval; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

GEMFIBROZIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUDDEN DEATH; VICTIM;

EID: 0030761619     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.3.268     Document Type: Article

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