Correlation between QTc interval and clinical severity of subarachnoid hemorrhage depends on the QTc formula used

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1482-1486

  Colkesen, A Yucel ^a   Sen, Orhan ^a   Giray, Semih ^a   Acil, Tayfun ^a   Ozin, Bulent ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corrected QT; Correlation; Hunt Hess; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 36649018539     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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