Prognostic value and temporal behavior of the planar QRS-T angle in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 3181-3186

  Pavri, Behzad B ^a   Hillis, Matthew B ^a   Subačius, Haris ^b   Brumberg, Genevieve E ^a   Schaechter, Andi ^b   Levine, Joseph H ^c   Kadish, Alan ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCORING SYSTEM; T WAVE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649115800     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.733451     Document Type: Article

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