Predictive Power of Increased Heart Rate Versus Depressed Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Heart Rate Variability for Risk Stratification after Myocardial Infarction: Results of a Two-Year Follow-Up Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-276

  Copie, Xavier ^a   Hnatkova, Katerina ^a   Staunton, Anne ^a   Fei, Lü ^a   Camm, John A ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030044969     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00454-8     Document Type: Article

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