Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Prognostic significance of electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic findings in the nineties

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 593-603

  Morgera, Tullio ^a   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^b   Sabbadini, Gastone ^c   Rakar, Serena ^b   Carniel, Elisa ^b   Driussi, Mauro ^a   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^b  

^a San Polo Hospital   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; Prognosis; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 16644363419     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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