Heart rate turbulence after ventricular and atrial premature beats in subjects without structural heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-452

  Lindgren, Kai S ^b   Mäkikallio, Timo H ^a   Seppänen, Tapio ^a   Raatikainen, M J Pekka ^a   Castellanos, Agustin ^c   Myerburg, Robert J ^c   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy subjects; Heart rate; Premature beats

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ADULT; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; BAROREFLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0038324074     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02552.x     Document Type: Article

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