Exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias and cardiovascular death

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Beckerman, James ^a   Mathur, Anima ^a   Stahr, Stephen ^a   Myers, Jonathan ^a   Chun, Sung ^a   Froelicher, Victor ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Mortality; Prediction; Premature ventricular contractions; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES; VETERANS;

EID: 16444376841     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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