QTc dispersion in haemodialysis patients with cardiac complications

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Nakamura, Satoko ^a   Ogata, Chinami ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Sasaki, Osamu ^a   Yoshihara, Fumiki ^a   Nakahama, Hajime ^a   Inenaga, Takashi ^a   Kimura, Genjiro ^b   Kawano, Yuhei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac events; Cardiovascular death; Electrocardiogram; Haemodialysis; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT DISPERSION; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20144373886     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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