Increased variability of the coupling interval of premature ventricular beats may help to identify high-risk patients with coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Sosnowski, Maciej ^a   Skrzypek Wańha, Janina ^a   Korzeniowska, Barbara ^a   Tendera, Michał ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; High risk patients; Premature ventricular beats

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 1542346900     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.04.006     Document Type: Article

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