QT Interval Prolongation in Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease
Sahel medical journal (Print)
; 13(4)2010.
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in En
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| ID: biblio-1271616
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ABSTRACT
Background:
The study assessed the prevalence of QT interval prolongation and identified its associated factorsMethods:
The study was cross-sectional in design. Subjects confirmed on echocardiography to have HHD were recruited consecutively from 3 echocardiography laboratories in the Kano City; Nigeria; over 7 months. Prolonged QTc was defined as QTc 440 ms in males and 460 ms in females; or more than 500ms in both sexes in the presence of complete bundle branch block. A p-value of
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Main subject:
Patients
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Long QT Syndrome
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Prevalence
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Causality
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Heart Diseases
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Sahel medical journal (Print)
Year:
2010
type:
Article