QT dispersion and hypertensive heart disease in the elderly

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-464

  Gryglewska, Barbara ^a,b   Grodzicki, Tomasz ^a   Czarnecka, Danuta ^b   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^b   Kocemba, Józef ^a  

^a Dept of Gerontology and Fam Med ^*  (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034119126     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018040-00016     Document Type: Article

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