Long-term prognosis of early repolarization with J-wave and QRS slur patterns on the resting electrocardiogram a cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 747-755

  Pargaonkar, Vedant S ^a   Perez, Marco V ^b   Jindal, Akash ^a   Mathur, Maya B ^c   Myers, Jonathan ^d   Froelicher, Victor F ^e  

^a Stanford Health Care ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; J WAVE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS INTERVAL; QRS SLUR; QTC INTERVAL; REPOLARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; CALIFORNIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947422741     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0598     Document Type: Article

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