Effects of losartan and captopril on QT dispersion in elderly patients with heart failure

Citation
P. Brooksby et al., Effects of losartan and captopril on QT dispersion in elderly patients with heart failure, LANCET, 354(9176), 1999, pp. 395-396
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9176
Year of publication
1999
Pages
395 - 396
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990731)354:9176<395:EOLACO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Differences in QT dispersion (a predictor for sudden death) were observed I n a subgroup of patients in the ELITE heart failure study of losartan compa red with captopril, and may explain improved survival with losartan.