Prevalence and prognostic significance of short QT interval in a middle-aged Finnish population

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 714-720

  Anttonen, O ^a   Junttila, M J ^d   Rissanen, H ^b   Reunanen, A ^b   Viitasalo, M ^c   Huikuri, H V ^d  

^a PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Electrocardiography; Epidemiology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOMOGRAM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT QT INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34547925239     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.676551     Document Type: Article

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