Relation between severity of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and repolarisation abnormalities on the surface ECG: A report from the Euro heart failure survey

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-256

  Velavan, Periaswamy ^a,f   Khan, N K ^a   Rigby, A S ^a   Goode, K ^a   Komajda, M ^b   Follath, F ^c   Swedberg, K ^d   Madeira, H ^e   Clark, A L ^a   Cleland, J G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^f CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; SYSTOLE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 31144457511     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.061200     Document Type: Article

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