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SUBMITTER: Wong KY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1769252 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wong K Y K KY Mac Walter R S RS Douglas D D Fraser H W HW Ogston S A SA Struthers A D AD
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 20030401 4
<h4>Objectives</h4>To test the hypothesis that the QTc of any lead of the ECG predicts death after stroke, and to determine which lead of the ECG carries the greatest risk of cardiac death when its QTc is measured.<h4>Design</h4>Standard 12 lead ECGs were analysed by one observer who was blind to patient outcome.<h4>Setting</h4>A major teaching hospital in Scotland.<h4>Patients</h4>404 stroke survivors were studied at approximately one year after the cerebrovascular event and followed for up to ...[more]