Consistency of heart rate-QTc prolongation consistency and sudden cardiac death: The Rotterdam Study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2078-2085

  Niemeijer, Maartje N ^a   Van Den Berg, Marten E ^b   Deckers, Jaap W ^b   Franco, Oscar H ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Kors, Jan A ^b   Stricker, Bruno H ^a,c   Rijnbeek, Peter R ^b   Eijgelsheim, Mark ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Medical Informatics ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Epidemiology; Population based; QT interval; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BAZETT FORMULA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FRIDERICIA FORMULA; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; QTC INTERVAL; QTC PROLONGATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84942239255     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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