Ventricular Premature Beats and Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 297, Issue 14, 1977, Pages 750-757

  Ruberman, William ^a   Weinblatt, Eve ^a   Goldberg, Judith D ^a   Frank, Charles W ^a   Shapiro, Sam ^a  

^a Health Insurance Plan of Greater ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY;

EID: 0017764078     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197710062971404     Document Type: Article

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