The terminal part of the QT interval (T peak to T end): A predictor of mortality after acute myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Erikssen, Gunnar ^a   Liestøl, Knut ^b   Gullestad, Lars ^a   Haugaa, Kristina H ^a   Bendz, Bjørn ^a   Amlie, Jan P ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; dispersion of repolarization; mortality; prognosis; QTc; Tp e

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; T WAVE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CREATININE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84860480757     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2012.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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