Prognostic value of heart rate variability in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 978-980

  Szabó, Balázs M ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a   Van Der Veer, Nancy ^a   Brouwer, Jan ^a   De Graeff, Pieter A ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030948895     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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