Prolonged QT interval predicts cardiac and all-cause mortality in the elderly

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 278-284

  De Bruyne, M C ^a   Hoes, A W ^a,b   Kors, J A ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Van Bemmel, J H ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Coronary heart disease; Electrocardiogram; Mortality; Prolonged QTc interval; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033026757     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1276     Document Type: Article

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