Duration of QRS complex in resting electrocardiogram is a predictor of sudden cardiac death in men

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2588-2594

  Kurl, Sudhir ^a   Mäkikallio, Timo H ^b,e   Rautaharju, Pentti ^c   Kiviniemi, Vesa ^d   Laukkanen, Jari A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Finnish Medicines Agency   (Finland)

^e LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk factors; ECG; population; primary care; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861646735     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.025577     Document Type: Article

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