Cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in women;Herzrhythmusstörungen und plötzlicher herztod bei frauen

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 427-438

  Rogge, C ^a   Geibel, A ^a   Bode, C ^a   Zehender, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Gender hormones; Sudden cardiac death; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN DEATH; TORSADE DES POINTES; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARRHYTHMIA; CAUSALITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3042722377     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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