Fractal correlation properties of R-R interval dynamics and mortality in patients with depressed left ventricular function after an acute myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-53

  Huikuri, Heikki V ^c   Mäkikallio, Timo H ^a   Peng, Chung Kang ^b   Goldberger, Ary L ^b   Hintze, Ulrik ^a   Møller, Mogens ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Infarction; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DOFETILIDE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POWER SPECTRUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; R WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0342445412     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.1.47     Document Type: Article

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