Association of early repolarization pattern on ECG with risk of cardiac and all-cause mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study (MONICA/KORA)

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Sinner, Moritz F ^a   Reinhard, Wibke ^b   Müller, Martina ^a,c   Beckmann, Britt Maria ^a   Martens, Eimo ^a   Perz, Siegfried ^c   Pfeufer, Arne ^c,d   Winogradow, Janina ^b   Stark, Klaus ^b   Meisinger, Christa ^c   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,c,e   Peters, Annette ^c   Günter, A J Riegger ^b   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a   Hengstenberg, Christian ^b   Kääb, Stefan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY HEART REPOLARIZATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT PROLONGATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955017708     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000314     Document Type: Article

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