For heart failure patients, certain findings on ECG predicts risk of rehospitalisation
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 20:49
in Health & Medicine
Among patients hospitalised with heart failure, having a longer than normal QRS duration (a measurement of the electrical conducting time of the heart on an electrocardiogram (ECG)] appears to predict a high risk of death or rehospitalisation within a few months after discharge, according to a study in the 11 June issue of JAMA...
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