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Researchers from University Hospital detail new studies and findings in the area of heart disease
July 6th, 2008
According to recent research published in the International Journal of Cardiology, "Previous studies have shown that prolonged QRS duration increases the risk of death in patients with heart failure and after an ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. Very little data exist about the prognostic implications of QRS duration in the non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NST-ACS): unstable angina and non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (non-STEMI)." "This is a prospective and observational study in which we included 502 patients ( age 71 +/- 10 years, 68% males, 29% diabetes) consecutively admitted for NST-ACS. QRS duration was manually...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-07-06)
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