Multivariate associates of QT interval parameters in diabetic patients with arterial hypertension: Importance of left ventricular mass and geometric patterns

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 561-567

  Salles, G F ^a   Cardoso, C R L ^a   Deccache, W ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Left ventricular hypertrophy; QT dispersion; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QT INTERVAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0042090842     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001590     Document Type: Article

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