QRS-T angle as a predictor of sudden cardiac death in a middle-aged general population

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 872-876

  Aro, Aapo L ^a,b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^c   Tikkanen, Jani T ^c   Junttila, M Juhani ^c   Rissanen, Harri A ^d   Reunanen, Antti ^d   Anttonen, Olli ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Pijt Hme Central Hospital   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Mortality; Population; QRS T angle; Sudden cardiac death; T wave axis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QRS T ANGLE; QT INTERVAL; SMOKING; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861626574     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur393     Document Type: Article

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