Turbulence slope after atrial premature complexes is an independent predictor of mortality in survivors of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1350-1356

  Wichterle, Dan ^a,b,c   Camm, A John ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial premature complexes; Electrocardiography; Heart rate turbulence; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SURVIVAL; TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT SLOPE;

AGED; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10944271990     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03610.x     Document Type: Article

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