QT dispersion and mortality in the elderly

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-192

  Perkiömäki, Juha S ^a   Sourander, Leif B ^b   Levomäki, Lasse ^c   Räihä, Ismo J ^a   Puukka, Pauli ^b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Mortality; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034895272     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2001.tb00106.x     Document Type: Article

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