Risk prediction of cardiovascular death based on the QTc interval: Evaluating age and gender differences in a large primary care population

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1335-1344

  Nielsen, Jonas B ^a   Graff, Claus ^b   Rasmussen, Peter V ^a   Pietersen, Adrian ^c   Lind, Bent ^c   Olesen, Morten S ^a   Struijk, Johannes J ^b   Haunsø, Stig ^a,d   Svendsen, Jesper H ^a,d   Køber, Lars ^d   Gerds, Thomas A ^a   Holst, Anders G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Laboratory of Copenhagen General Practitioners   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular death; Gender; Marquette 12SL validation; QTc interval; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; VERY ELDERLY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84901378801     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu081     Document Type: Article

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