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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Jul 31;354(9176):395-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)01354-9.

Effects of losartan and captopril on QT dispersion in elderly patients with heart failure. ELITE study group

P Brooksby, P J Robinson, R Segal, G Klinger, B Pitt, A J Cowley
Clinical Trial

Effects of losartan and captopril on QT dispersion in elderly patients with heart failure. ELITE study group

P Brooksby et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Differences in QT dispersion (a predictor for sudden death) were observed in a subgroup of patients in the ELITE heart failure study of losartan compared with captopril, and may explain improved survival with losartan.

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