Reduced beat-to-beat changes of heart rate: An important risk factor after acute myocardial infarction?

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-111

  Reinhardt, Lutz ^a   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^a   Fetsch, Thomas ^a   Martinez Rubio, Antoni ^a   Bäcker, Dirk ^a   Block, Michael ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Heart rate variability; Myocardial infarction; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030020006     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177071     Document Type: Article

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