Predictors of sudden cardiac death in never previously treated patients with essential hypertension: Long-term follow-up

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 677-680

  Saadeh, A M ^a   Jones, J V ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; LVH; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034762551     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001255     Document Type: Article

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