2012
Race and gender variation in the QT interval and its association with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: Results from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease (DDCD)
Williams ES, Thomas KL, Broderick S, Shaw LK, Velazquez EJ, Al-Khatib SM, Daubert JP. Race and gender variation in the QT interval and its association with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: Results from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease (DDCD). American Heart Journal 2012, 164: 434-441. PMID: 22980312, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseCause mortalityArtery diseaseProlonged QTcRisk factorsQT intervalMortality riskLow glomerular filtration rateHigher diastolic blood pressureNative coronary artery stenosisCardiac risk factorsLow ejection fractionDiastolic blood pressureGlomerular filtration rateCoronary artery stenosisRisk of deathCardiac catheterizationCardiac eventsDuke DatabankBlood pressureEjection fractionQTc intervalQTc prolongationArtery stenosisBaseline electrocardiogram
2009
Usefulness of the Duke Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Score for Predicting Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Angiographic (>75% Narrowing) Coronary Artery Disease
Atwater BD, Thompson VP, Vest RN, Shaw LK, Mazzei WR, Al-Khatib SM, Hranitzky PM, Bahnson TD, Velazquez EJ, Califf RM, Lee KL, Roe MT. Usefulness of the Duke Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Score for Predicting Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Angiographic (>75% Narrowing) Coronary Artery Disease. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2009, 104: 1624-1630. PMID: 19962465, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseSCD risk scoreRisk of SCDArtery diseaseRisk scoreSCD riskDepressed left ventricular ejection fractionAngiographic coronary artery diseasePredicting Sudden Cardiac DeathLeft ventricular ejection fractionNative coronary artery stenosisCox proportional hazards modelVentricular ejection fractionSudden cardiac deathCoronary artery stenosisDeath risk scorePatient characteristic variablesRisk prediction toolsDiseased coronary arteriesProportional hazards modelAngiographic characteristicsRisk patientsCardiac deathCoronary angiographyDiabetes mellitus