Counting heart beats: A peephole into prediction of sudden and nonsudden cardiac death

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-175

  La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^a   Schwartz, Peter J ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART BEAT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0037307547     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02570.x     Document Type: Note

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