Heart rate variability and major arrhythmic events in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages 1841-1844

  Hoffmann, Jürgen ^a   Grimm, Wolfram ^a   Menz, Volker ^a   Knop, Ursula ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

arrhythmic events; heart rate variability; idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029957182     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03237.x     Document Type: Article

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