Assessment of QT dispersion for prediction of mortality or arrhythmic events after myocardial infarction: Results of a prospective, long-term follow-up study

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 2543-2550

  Zabel, Markus ^c   Klingenheben, Thomas ^c   Franz, Michael R ^a,b,c   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^a,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c N American Society of Pacing and E   (United States)

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Electrophysiology; Infarction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032581034     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.25.2543     Document Type: Article

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