Relation between QT duration and mortality in an elderly Japanese population

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1182-1185

  Nakanishi, Shuhei ^a   Yamada, Michiko ^b   Hattori, Nobuaki ^b   Suzuki, Gen ^b  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942500298     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.055     Document Type: Article

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