The association of spatial T wave axis deviation with incident coronary events. The ARIC study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vaidean, Georgeta D ^a   Rautaharju, Pentti M ^b   Prineas, Ronald J ^b   Whitsel, Eric A ^a   Chambless, Lloyd E ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^c   Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Zhang, Zhu Ming ^b   Crow, Richard S ^c   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; T WAVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13244255406     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-5-2     Document Type: Article

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