Heart rate: A strong predictor of mortality in subjects with coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 943-945

  Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 18844440201     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi235     Document Type: Editorial

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