Why the study?
Does the heart rate-corrected QT interval predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes?
Population
Individuals with type 2 diabetes (The Diabetes Heart Study)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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QTc may aid mortality risk stratification in T2D; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Does the heart rate-corrected QT interval predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes?
The QTc interval serves as a simple ECG-based independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Cox et al. (2014) studied this question.
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