Prediction of sudden cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction: Role of Holter monitoring in the modern treatment era

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 762-769

  Mäkikallio, Timo H ^a   Barthel, Petra ^b   Schneider, Raphael ^b   Bauer, Axel ^b   Tapanainen, Jari M ^a   Tulppo, Mikko P ^a   Schmidt, Georg ^b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Death; Heart rate; Myocardial infarction; Sudden; Survival

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17444407453     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi188     Document Type: Article

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