Prognostic Significance of Quantitative QRS Duration

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 600-606

  Desai, Aseem D ^a   Yaw, Tan Swee ^c   Yamazaki, Takuya ^c   Kaykha, Amir ^c   Chun, Sung ^b   Froelicher, Victor F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Electrocardiography; QRS duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QRS COMPLEX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745892610     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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