QRS duration and late mortality in unselected post-infarction patients of the revascularization era.

Title:: QRS duration and late mortality in unselected post-infarction patients of the revascularization era.
Document type:: Journal Article; Article
Author(s):: Bauer, A; Watanabe, MA; Barthel, P; Schneider, R; Ulm, K; Schmidt, G
Abstract:: AIMS: To assess the association of prolonged QRS duration and late mortality in unselected post-infarction patients of the revascularization era. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 1455 survivors of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in sinus rhythm and under 76 years of age were enrolled. Ninety eight percent of the patients received reperfusion/revascularization therapy (90% percutaneous coronary intervention). After revascularization, prolonged QRS duration (>or=120 ms) was present in 87 patients (6.0%). Additional risk factors studied were age (>or=65 years), presence of diabetes mellitus, history of previous MI, mean heart rate (>75 b.p.m.), heart rate variability index (
Journal title abbreviation:: Eur Heart J
Year:: 2006
Journal volume:: 27
Journal issue:: 4
Pages contribution:: 427-33
Language:: eng
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi683
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16338936
Print-ISSN:: 0195-668X
TUM Institution:: I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
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