QT dispersion and left ventricular hypertrophy in elderly hypertensive and normotensive patients

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-612

  Dimopoulos, Stavros ^a   Nicosia, Franco ^b   Donati, Paolo ^b   Prometti, Paola ^b   De Vecchi, Massimiliano ^b   Zulli, Roberto ^b   Grassi, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Elderly; Left ventricular hypertrophy; QT dispersion; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT DISPERSION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 53949092130     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707310276     Document Type: Article

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