Value of corrected QT interval dispersion in identifying patients initiating dialysis at increased risk of total and cardiovascular mortality

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 834-842

  Beaubien, Eliot R ^a,b   Pylypchuk, George B ^a,b   Akhtar, Jawad ^a,b   Jay Biem, H ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrected QT dispersion; Hemodialysis (HD); Peritoneal dialysis (PD); QT dispersion; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0036193748     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.32005     Document Type: Article

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