Heart rate turbulence: A new predictor for risk of sudden cardiac death

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-109

  Francis, Johnson ^a   Watanabe, Mari A ^b   Schmidt, Georg ^c  

^a Medical College Calicut   (India)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic response; Heart rate turbulence; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 16444377528     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.10102.x     Document Type: Review

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