Characterization of QT interval adaptation to RR interval changes and its use as a a risk-stratifier of arrhythmic mortality in amiodarone-treated survivors of acute myocardial infarction

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1511-1520

  Pueyo, Esther ^a   Smetana, Peter ^b   Caminal, Pere ^a,c   De Luna, Antonio Bayes ^d,e   Malik, Marek ^b,f   Laguna, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL SANT PAU   (Spain)

^f Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona ^*

Author keywords

QT, RR relationship; Amiodarone; Arrhythmic mortality; Global optimization; QT adaptation

Indexed keywords

HEART RATE (HR); INTERVAL ADAPTATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POLARIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AMIODARONE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 1942440785     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.828050     Document Type: Article

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