Prognostic significance of risk stratifiers of mortality, including T wave alternans, after acute myocardial infarction: Results of a prospective follow-up study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 645-652

  Tapanainen, Jari M ^a   Still, Aino Maija ^a   Juhani Airaksinen, K E ^a   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory recording; Baroreflex; Electrocardiogram; Exercise test; Mortality; Repolarization; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEART ENZYME; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; T WAVE;

EID: 0034986898     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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