The rate-corrected QT interval calculated from 24-hour Holter recordings may serve as a significant arrhythmia risk stratifier in heart failure patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-323

  Arsenos, Petros ^a   Gatzoulis, Konstantinos A ^a   Dilaveris, Polychronis ^a   Gialernios, Theodoros ^a   Sideris, Skevos ^b   Lazaros, George ^a   Archontakis, Stephanos ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitrios ^a   Kartsagoulis, Efstathios ^c   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

CABG; Heart failure; Holter; QTc; Repolarization prolongation; Risk stratification; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

EID: 79951956750     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.076     Document Type: Article

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