Prolonged QTc as a Predictor of Mortality in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 469-474

  Stead, Latha G ^a   Gilmore, Rachel M ^a   Bellolio, M Fernanda ^a   Vaidyanathan, Lekshmi ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Decker, Wyatt W ^a   Brown, Robert D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; electrocardiography; mortality; outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350710789     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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