Baroreflex sensitivity and heart-rate variability in prediction of total cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9101, 1998, Pages 478-484

  La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^a   Bigger Jr , J Thomas ^b   Marcus, Frank I ^c   Mortara, Andrea ^a   Schwartz, Peter J ^d  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Cardiology Division ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RR INTERVAL; VAGUS REFLEX;

EID: 0032515622     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11144-8     Document Type: Article

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