QTc interval and survival in 75-year-old men and women from the general population

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-240

  Nilsson, Göran ^a,b   Hedberg, P ^c   Jonasson, T ^c   Lonnberg I ^c   Ohrvik J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BNP; ECG; Echocardiography; Heart rate; QT; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QT INTERVAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745211876     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj040     Document Type: Article

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