Explaining the inconsistent associations of PR interval with mortality: The role of P-duration contribution to the length of PR interval

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-98

  Soliman, Elsayed Z ^a,b   Cammarata, Michael ^b   Li, Yabing ^a  

^a Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center Epicare   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

P duration; P wave indices; PR segment; PR interval

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; P DURATION; PR INTERVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; NORTH CAROLINA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84891718129     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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