J-shaped association between QTc interval duration and the risk of atrial fibrillation: Results from the copenhagen ECG study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 2557-2564

  Nielsen, Jonas Bille ^a,b   Graff, Claus ^c   Pietersen, Adrian ^d   Lind, Bent ^d   Struijk, Johannes Jan ^b   Olesen, Morten Salling ^a,b   Haunsø, Stig ^a,b,e   Gerds, Thomas Alexander ^e   Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup ^a,b,e   Køber, Lars ^e   Holst, Anders Gaarsdal ^a,b  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Copenhagen General Practitioners' Laboratory ^*  (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; ECG; lone atrial fibrillation; population; QTc interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE CORRECTED QT INTERVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879210484     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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