QT interval dispersion as a predictor of arrhythmic events in congestive heart failure. Importance of aetiology

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1054-1062

  Galinier, Michel ^a   Vialette, J C ^a   Fourcade, J ^a   Cabrol, P ^a   Dongay, B ^a   Massabuau, P ^a   Boveda, S ^a   Doazan, J P ^a   Fauvel, J M ^a   Bounhoure, J P ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmic events; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; QT dispersion; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISPERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RISK; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032126053     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0865     Document Type: Article

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