Usefulness of electrocardiographic frontal qrs-t angle to predict increased morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1452-1459

  Gotsman, Israel ^a   Keren, Andre ^a   Hellman, Yaron ^a   Banker, Jeffrey ^a   Lotan, Chaim ^a   Zwas, Donna R ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SODIUM; UREA;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; QRS T ANGLE; QT INTERVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84876963026     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.01.294     Document Type: Article

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