Improvement of risk-stratification by use of a new combination of holter variables in survivors of myocardial infarction

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 282-286

  Vittrup, Axel ^a   Johansen, Allan ^a   Möller, Mogens ^a   Mickley, Hans ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Holter monitoring; Long term prognoses; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0036434718     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140174302320774483     Document Type: Article

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