Reduced ventricular response irregularity is associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 300-306

  Yamada, Akira ^a   Hayano, Junichiro ^a   Sakata, Seiichiro ^a   Okada, Akiyoshi ^a   Mukai, Seiji ^a   Ohte, Nobuyuki ^a   Kimura, Genjiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Entropy; Heart rate; Mortality; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034682592     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.3.300     Document Type: Article

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