QT dispersion as a predictor of long-term mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction and clinical evidence of heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1158-1165

  Spargias, K S ^a   Lindsay, S J ^a   Kawar, G I ^b   Greenwood, D C ^a   Cowan, J C ^c   Ball, S G ^a   Hall, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b King Hussein Medical Center Queen Alia Heart institute   (Jordan)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; RAMIPRIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISPERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032814276     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1445     Document Type: Article

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