Clinical implications of QRS duration and QT peak prolongation in patients with suspected coronary disease referred for elective cardiac catheterization

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-112

  Attar, M Nadeem ^a   Wong, Kenneth ^b   Groves, David G ^c   Newall, Nick ^b   Ramsdale, David R ^c   Moore, Roger K ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Cardiothoracic Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; QRS duration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 42449089818     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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