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Do electrocardiographic repolarization variables predict incident congestive heart failure and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women?
Do electrocardiographic repolarization variables predict incident congestive heart failure and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women?
ECG repolarization variables are important predictors of incident heart failure and mortality in postmenopausal women, with prognostic value comparable to evidence of prior myocardial infarction.
May refine postmenopausal CHF risk stratification on ECG; leaves open prospective validation of incremental value.
Several repolarization variables in postmenopausal women are predictors of the risk of incident CHF and all-cause mortality as important as old ECG MI.
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