Septal q waves as an indicator of risk of mortality in elderly patients with chronic heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 740-744

  Shamim, Waqar ^a   Yousufuddin, Mohammed ^a   Xiao, Han B ^a   Flather, Marcus ^a   Henein, Michael ^a   Gibson, Derek G ^a   Coats, Andrew J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036790155     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(02)00151-5     Document Type: Article

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