Open AccessProlonged QT interval predicts cardiac and all-cause mortality in the elderly The Rotterdam Study
Author(s) -
Marieke De Bruyne
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1998.1276
Subject(s) - medicine , rotterdam study , qt interval , cardiology , population , confidence interval , demography , environmental health , sociology
To examine the association between heart-rate corrected QT prolongation and cardiac and all-cause mortality in the population-based Rotterdam Study among men and women aged 55 years or older and to compare the prognostic value of the QT interval, using different formulas to correct for heart rate.
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