Obesity does not influence electrocardiographic parameters in coronary patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 106-108

  Nomura, Atsunobu ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033963221     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00617-7     Document Type: Article

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