Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 555-560 , November 2009

The prognostic value of the Tpeak-Tend interval in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

  • Christian Haarmark, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (DARC), Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Peter R. Hansen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology P, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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  • Esben Vedel-Larsen, MScEng

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (DARC), Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Sune Haahr Pedersen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology P, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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  • Claus Graff, MScEng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Mads P. Andersen, MScEng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Egon Toft, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Fan Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (DARC), Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Johannes J. Struijk, MScEng, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Jørgen K. Kanters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (DARC), Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Cardiology P, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3C, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.

Received 26 April 2009

  • Image Result

    Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients with or without TpTe greater than 100 milliseconds. Black line: TpTe less than 100 milliseconds, gray line: TpTe greater than 100 milliseconds. Black dots ind

    Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients with or without TpTe greater than 100 milliseconds. Black line: TpTe less than 100 milliseconds, gray line: TpTe greater than 100 milliseconds. Black dots indicates censored individuals.

  • Image Result
    Tpeak-Tend interval by 5% increments in LVEF. Black bars: pre-pPCI TpTe, gray bars: post-pPCI TpTe. Error bars indicate 95% CIs of means.

    Tpeak-Tend interval by 5% increments in LVEF. Black bars: pre-pPCI TpTe, gray bars: post-pPCI TpTe. Error bars indicate 95% CIs of means.

☆ The study was supported by the Danish Heart Foundation, John and Tove Girotti's Foundation, Danish National Research Foundation, King Christian X' Foundation and Lægernes Forsikringsforening.

PII: S0022-0736(09)00254-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.06.009

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 555-560 , November 2009

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