QT interval abnormalities are often present at diagnosis in diabetes and are better predictors of cardiac death than ankle brachial pressure index and autonomic function tests

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-50

  Rana, Bushra S ^a   Lim, P O ^a   Naas, A A O ^a   Ogston, S A ^a   Newton, R W ^a   Jung, R T ^a   Morris, A D ^a   Struthers, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC FUNCTION TEST; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HEART DEATH; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RR INTERVAL; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10844238024     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.017632     Document Type: Article

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