Prolonged QTc Interval and Risks of Total and Cardiovascular Mortality and Sudden Death in the General Population: A Review and Qualitative Overview of the Prospective Cohort Studies

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 943-948

  Montanez, Alicia ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^b   Hebert, Patricia R ^c   Lamas, Gervasio A ^a,d   Hennekens, Charles H ^d,e  

^a Miami Heart Inst   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Agatston Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342484491     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.9.943     Document Type: Review

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