Relationship between the QTc interval at hospital admission and the severity of the underlying ischaemia in low and intermediate risk people studied for acute chest pain

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-91

  Jiménez Candil, Javier ^a   Diego, Maximiliano ^a   Cruz González, Ignacio ^a   González Matas, José M ^a   Martín, Francisco ^a   Pabón, Pedro ^a   Ramírez, Víctor ^a   León, Víctor ^a   Martín Luengo, Cándido ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Myocardial ischemia; QTc; Stress test

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41949113260     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.03.121     Document Type: Article

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