Relationship of QT interval duration with carotid intima media thickness in a clinically healthy population undergoing cardiovascular risk screening

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-246

  Strohmer, Bernhard ^a   Pichler, M ^a   Iglseder, B ^a   Paulweber, B ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiac repolarization; Intima media thickness; QT interval duration; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRIA; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 14844299358     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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