Relation of B-type natriuretic peptide level in heart failure to sudden cardiac death in patients with and without QT interval prolongation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 886-890

  Vrtovec, Bojan ^a,b   Knezevic, Ivan ^a   Poglajen, Gregor ^a   Sebestjen, Miran ^a   Okrajsek, Renata ^a   Haddad, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84884211366     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.11.041     Document Type: Article

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