Dispersion of QT interval following ventricular premature beats and mortality after myocardial infarction

Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-80

  Dabrowski, Andrzej ^a,b   Kramarz, Elźbieta ^a   Piotrowicz, Ryszard ^a  

^a Central Clinical Hospital MMA   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Postinfarction mortality; QT dispersion; Ventricular premature beats

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0032814828     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006883     Document Type: Article

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