QT dispersion has no prognostic information for patients with advanced congestive heart failure and reduced left ventricular systolic function

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 831-835

  Brendorp, Bente ^a,b,c   Elming, Hanne ^a,b,c   Jun, Li ^a,b,c   Køber, Lars ^a,b,c   Malik, Marek ^a,b,c   Jensen, Gorm Boje ^a,b,c   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Cardiology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035852727     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.6.831     Document Type: Article

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