Distinction between arrhythmic and nonarrhythmic death after acute myocardial infarction based on heart rate variability, signal-averaged electrocardiogram, ventricular arrhythmias and left ventricular ejection fraction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 296-304

  Hartikainen, Juha E K ^a   Malik, Marek ^a   Staunton, Anne ^a   Poloniecki, Jan ^a   Camm, A John ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030220821     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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