The Electrical T-Axis and the Spatial QRS-T Angle Are Independent Predictors of Long-Term Mortality in Patients Admitted with Acute Ischemic Chest Pain

Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-207

  De Torbal, Anneke ^a   Kors, Jan A ^a   Van Herpen, Gerard ^a   Meij, Simon ^a   Nelwan, Stefan ^a   Simoons, Maarten L ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Diagnosis; Electrocardiography; Prognosis; Vectorcardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REGISTER; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542347010     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076697     Document Type: Article

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