QT and QTc dispersion are accurate predictors of cardiac death in newly diagnosed non-insulin dependent diabetes: Cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7133, 1998, Pages 745-746

  Naas, Abdul A O ^a   Davidson, Neil C ^a   Thompson, Chris ^a   Cummings, Fraser ^a   Ogston, Simon A ^a   Jung, Roland T ^a   Newton, Ray W ^a   Struthers, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032492472     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7133.745     Document Type: Article

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