Use of left ventricular ejection fraction or wall-motion score index in predicting arrhythmic death in patients following an acute myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10 II, 1997, Pages 2553-2559

  Køber, Lars ^a   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^a   Elming, Hanne ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arrhythmic death prediction; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Wall motion score

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRESSORECEPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030669830     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06104.x     Document Type: Article

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