Heart Rhythm
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 1237-1242 , August 2011

QT variability index on 24-hour Holter independently predicts mortality in patients with heart failure: analysis of Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Insufficienza Cardiaca (GISSI-HF) trial

  • Craig P. Dobson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
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  • Maria Teresa La Rovere, MD

      Affiliations

    • S. Maugeri Foundation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Scientific Institute of Montescano, Montescano, Pavia, Italy
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  • Gian Domenico Pinna, MS

      Affiliations

    • S. Maugeri Foundation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Scientific Institute of Montescano, Montescano, Pavia, Italy
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  • Robert Goldstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Cara Olsen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Marino Bernardinangeli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale (USL) 4, Terni, Italy
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  • Marco Veniani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale Civile, Rho, Milano, Italy
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  • Paolo Midi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale Civile S. Giuseppe, Albano Laziale, Roma, Italy
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  • Luigi Tavazzi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Villa Maria (GVM) Hospitals of Care and Research, Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy
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  • Mark Haigney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Mark C. Haigney, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, A3060, USUHS, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
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  • GISSI-HF Investigators

Received 6 January 2011 ,Accepted 24 March 2011.

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 The views expressed in this paper reflect the opinions of the authors only and not the official policy of the United States Army, Uniformed Services University, or the Department of Defense.

PII: S1547-5271(11)00414-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.03.055

Heart Rhythm
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 1237-1242 , August 2011

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