Electrocardiographic predictors of sudden cardiac death from a large Finnish general population cohort

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 434-438

  Aro, Aapo L ^a   Huikuri, Heikki V ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY HEART REPOLARIZATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883268595     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2013.06.016     Document Type: Review

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