Abnormalities in beat-to-beat dynamics of heart rate before the spontaneous onset of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with prior myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1836-1844

  Huikuri, Heikki V ^a   Seppänen, Tapio ^a   Koistinen, M Juhani ^a   Airaksinen, K E Juhani ^a   Ikaheimo M J ^a   Castellanos, Agustin ^b   Myerburg, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Miami University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamics; heart rate; tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029885841     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.10.1836     Document Type: Article

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