Exercise-induced premature ventricular beats: Should we do anything differently?

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2374-2375

  Selzman, Kimberly A ^a   Gettes, Leonard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Epidemiology; Exercise; Focused Perspectives

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 2542500421     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000128241.01086.9C     Document Type: Review

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