Delayed QRS transition in the precordial leads of an electrocardiogram as a predictor of sudden cardiac death in the general population

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2254-2260

  Aro, Aapo L ^a   Eranti, Antti ^b   Anttonen, Olli ^b   Kerola, Tuomas ^b   Rissanen, Harri A ^c   Knekt, Paul ^c   Porthan, Kimmo ^a   Tikkanen, Jani T ^d   Junttila, M Juhani ^d   Huikuri, Heikki V ^d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clockwise rotation; Electrocardiography; Population; QRS transition; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; P WAVE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; T WAVE INVERSION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919372476     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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