Temporal changes and prognostic significance of measures of heart rate dynamics after acute myocardial infarction in the beta-blocking era

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 907-912

  Jokinen, Vesa ^a   Tapanainen, Jari M ^a   Seppänen, Tapio ^a   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0141706694     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00968-8     Document Type: Article

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