QT dispersion, QT maximum and risk of cardiac death in the Caerphilly Heart Study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Sheehan, John ^a   Perry, Ivan J ^a   Reilly, Marie ^a   Salim, Agus ^a   Collins, Martina ^a   Twomey, Eileen Martina ^a   Daly, Aoife ^a   Loingsigh, Sorcha ni ^a   Elwood, Peter ^c   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Davey Smith, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac death; QT dispersion; QTmax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

BODY MASS INDEX; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; WALES;

EID: 12144290053     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000114970.39211.9e     Document Type: Article

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