Arterial stiffness and QT interval prolongation in a general population: The Hisayama study

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1339-1345

  Maebuchi, Daisuke ^a   Arima, Hisatomi ^a   Ninomiya, Toshiharu ^a   Yonemoto, Koji ^a   Kubo, Michiaki ^a   Doi, Yasufumi ^a   Tanizaki, Yumihiro ^a   Matsumura, Kiyoshi ^a   Iida, Mitsuo ^a   Kiyohara, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Pulse wave velocity; QT interval duration

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANKLE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MALE; OBESITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 55449108271     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1339     Document Type: Article

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