Predictive value of electrocardiographic QT interval and T-wave morphology parameters for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a general population sample

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Porthan, Kimmo ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Jula, Antti ^b   Reunanen, Antti ^b   Rapola, Janne ^a   Väänänen, Heikki ^c   Nieminen, Markku S ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Oikarinen, Lasse ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Epidemiology; Mortality; Prognosis; Repolarization; T wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

EID: 67650756361     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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