Spatial QRS-T angle predicts cardiac death in a general population

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1357-1364

  Kardys, Isabella ^a   Kors, Jan A ^a   Van der Meer, Irene M ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Van der Kuip, Deirdre A M ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac mortality; Repolarization; Spatial QRS T angle; Vectorcardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; T WAVE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0041743797     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00203-3     Document Type: Article

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