Clinical usefulness of the combination of T-wave alternans and late potentials for identifying high-risk patients with moderately or severely impaired left ventricular function

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 649-653

  Kondo, N ^a   Ikeda, T ^a   Kawase, A ^a   Kumagai, K ^a   Sakata, T ^a   Takami, M ^a   Tezuka, N ^a   Nakae, T ^a   Noro, M ^a   Enjoji, Y ^a   Sugi, K ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left ventricular ejection fraction; QT dispersion; Risk stratification; Signal averaged electrocardiography; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0346609804     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.649     Document Type: Article

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