American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 2 , Pages 216-220 , 15 July 2010

Usefulness of Short-Term Variability of QT Intervals as a Predictor for Electrical Remodeling and Proarrhythmia in Patients With Nonischemic Heart Failure

  • Martin Hinterseer, MD

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    • Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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  • Britt-Maria Beckmann, MD

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    • Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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  • Morten B. Thomsen, PhD

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    • Danish Arrhythmia Research Center, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Arne Pfeufer, MD, BSc

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    • Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Michael Ulbrich, MD

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    • Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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  • Moritz F. Sinner, MD

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    • Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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  • Siegfried Perz, MSc

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    • Institute for Biological, Medical Imaging and Epidemiology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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  • H.-Erich Wichmann, MD, PhD

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    • Institute for Biological, Medical Imaging and Epidemiology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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  • Csaba Lengyel, MD, PhD

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    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Rainer Schimpf, MD, PhD

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    • First Department of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Sebastian K.G. Maier, MD, PhD

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    • Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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  • András Varró, MD, PhD

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    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Marc A. Vos, PhD

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    • Department of Medical Physiology, Division Heart and Lungs, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Gerhard Steinbeck, MD, PhD

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    • Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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  • Stefan Kääb, MD, PhD

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    • Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Received 28 December 2009 ,Revised 24 February 2010 ,Accepted 24 February 2010.

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 This study was supported by a grant from the Fondation Leducq (Dr. Kääb). The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the context of the German National Genome Research Network funded this work with Grants 01GS0838 (Dr. Kääb), NHK-S19T19, PGE-S04T13, and PGE-S15To4. The KORA platform is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the State of Bavaria. Dr. Thomsen was funded by Grant EUFP6-STREP-LSHM-CT-2005-018802 from GCONTICA and a grant from the Heart Rhythm Society. This study was also supported in part by Grants OTKA NI61902 and F61224 from the Hungarian Research Fund, Budapest, Hungary.

PII: S0002-9149(10)00692-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.02.033

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 2 , Pages 216-220 , 15 July 2010

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