Electrocardiographic QT interval and mortality: A meta-analysis

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 660-670

  Zhang, Yiyi ^a,b   Post, Wendy S ^a,b,c   Blasco Colmenares, Elena ^a,b   Dalal, Darshan ^c   Tomaselli, Gordon F ^c   Guallara, Eliseo ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 80051547210     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318225768b     Document Type: Article

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