Prognostic value of the QTc interval after cardiac transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-35

  Vrtovec, Bojan ^a   Radovancevic, Rajko ^a   Thomas, Cynthia D ^a   Yazdabakhsh, Aria P ^a   Smart, Frank W ^a   Radovancevic, Branislav ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30044438791     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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