Value of heart rate variability parameters for prediction of serious arrhythmic events in patients with malignant ventricular arrhythmias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages 1852-1856

  Filipecki, Artur ^a   Trusz Gluza, Maria ^a   Szydlo, Krzysztof ^a   Giec, Leszek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

heart rate variability; sudden cardiac death; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029910870     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03239.x     Document Type: Article

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