Prognosis of patients with frequent premature ventricular complexes and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-324

  Pinto, Rodger P ^a,b   Romerill, David B ^a   Nasser, William K ^a   Schier, John J ^a   Surawicz, Borys ^a  

^a ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring; nonsustained ventricular tachycardia; postoperative ventricular arrhythmias; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029836077     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190408     Document Type: Article

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