Abnormal spatial QRS-T angle predicts mortality in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography for suspected coronary artery disease

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Lipton, Jonathan A ^a   Nelwan, Stefan P ^a   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Kors, Jan A ^a   Elhendy, Abdou ^b   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac death; Clinical risk factor; Coronary artery disease; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; Prognosis; Spatial QRS T angle

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149178222     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e328332ee32     Document Type: Article

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