Heart rate-corrected QT interval duration is significantly associated with blood pressure in Chinese hypertensives

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-210

  Peng, Shaojie ^a   Yu, Yunxian ^c   Hao, Ke ^c   Xing, Houxun ^a   Li, Dong ^b   Chen, Changzhong ^c   Huang, Aiqun ^a,b   Hong, Xiumei ^b   Feng, Yan ^c   Zhang, Yan ^c   Li, Jianping ^d   Wang, Binyan ^a,e   Wu, Di ^a   Wang, Xiaobin ^e   Xu, Xiping ^a,b,c,d  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Blood pressure; ECG; Epidemiology; Essential hypertension; QTc interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645407420     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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