Prognostic evaluation of QT-dispersion in elderly hypertensive and normotensive patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1381-1387

  Dimopoulos, Stavros ^a   Nicosia, Franco ^b   Turini, Daniele ^b   Zulli, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Elderly; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Prognosis; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QT DISPERSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350238529     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02510.x     Document Type: Article

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