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• Urate predicts subsequent cardiac death in stroke survivors.

  AIMS: To test the hypothesis that urate predicts cardiac death after stroke independent of conventional risk factors of atherosclerosis, creatinine an…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, R S MacWalter, H W Fraser, I Crombie, S A Ogston, A D Struthers

  Source: European heart journal. 2002 May

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• Does a prolonged QT peak identify left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension?

  BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy is a powerful predictor of death. Hypertensive subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy can have increased …

  Authors: K Y K Wong, P O Lim, S Y S Wong, R S MacWalter, A D Struthers, T M MacDonald

  Source: International journal of cardiology. 2003 Jun

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• Spectrum of cardiac abnormalities associated with long QT in stroke survivors.

  OBJECTIVES: To find out what spectrum of cardiac abnormalities are found in those stroke survivors who can be deemed to be at high cardiac risk by the…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, S McSwiggan, N S J Kennedy, S Y S Wong, A Gavin, R S MacWalter, A D Struthers

  Source: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2005 Oct

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• B-type natriuretic peptide identifies silent myocardial ischaemia in stroke survivors.

  OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) predicts reversible myocardial ischaemia in stroke survivors who do not have c…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, S McSwiggan, N S J Kennedy, R S MacWalter, A D Struthers

  Source: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2006 Apr

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• Effect of social deprivation on mortality and the duration of hospital stay after a stroke.

  BACKGROUND: We aim to assess whether social deprivation independently predicts case fatality after a stroke patient has been admitted to hospital, and…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, S Y S Wong, H W Fraser, Y Ersoy, S Ogston, D Wolfson, M Malek, A D Struthers, H Tunstall-Pedoe, R S MacWalter

  Source: Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland). 2006

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• Long QTc predicts future cardiac death in stroke survivors.

  OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that the QTc of any lead of the ECG predicts death after stroke, and to determine which lead of the ECG carries the…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, R S Mac Walter, D Douglas, H W Fraser, S A Ogston, A D Struthers

  Source: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2003 Apr

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