Association of prolonged QRS duration with death in a clinical trial of pacemaker therapy for sinus node dysfunction

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2418-2423

  Sweeney, Michael O ^a   Hellkamp, Anne S ^b   Lee, Kerry L ^b   Lamas, Gervasio A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mortality; Pacing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROGNOSIS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 18844411372     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000165061.23825.A2     Document Type: Article

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