The Prevalence and Factors Associated With QTc Prolongation Among Emergency Department Patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 763-768

  Seftchick, Michael W ^a   Adler, Peter H ^a   Hsieh, Margaret ^a   Wolfson, Allan B ^a   Chan, Steven T C ^a   Webster, Benjamin W ^a   Frattaroli, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; STROKE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449721402     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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