QT dispersion in the elderly. The ILSA study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 342-348

  Bortolan, Giovanni ^a   Bressan, Marta ^b   Golferini, Fiorenza ^a   Amaducci, Luigi ^c   Scarlato, Guglielmo ^c   Baldereschi, Marzia ^c   Candelise, Livia ^c   Di Carlo, Antonio ^c   Grigoletto, Francesco ^c   Maggi, Stefania ^c   Minicuci, Nadia ^c   Scarpini, Elio ^c   Volonnino, Giuseppina ^c   Loeb, Carlo ^c   Gandolfo, Carlo ^c   Canal, Nicola ^c   Franceschi, Massimo ^c   Battistin, Leontino ^c   Enzi, Giuliano ^c   Ghetti, Augusto ^c   Inzitari, Domenico ^c   Vergassola, Rossano ^c   Bonaiuto, Salvatore ^c   Rengo, Franco ^c   Capurso, Antonio ^c   Livrea, Paolo ^c   Motta, Luciano ^c   more..

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age; Elderly; Electrocardiography; Gender; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 10244238881     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324562     Document Type: Article

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