QT interval analysis in patients with chronic liver disease: A prospective study

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-224

  Kosar, Feridun ^a   Ates, Fehmi ^a   Sahin, Ibrahim ^a   Karincaoglu, Melih ^a   Yildirim, Bulent ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34247603607     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707300368     Document Type: Article

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