Prognostic value of ventricular arrhythmias and heart rate variability in patients with unstable angina

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1055-1063

  Lanza, Gaetano A ^a   Cianflone, D ^b   Rebuzzi, A G ^a   Angeloni, G ^c   Sestifo, A ^a   Ciriello, G ^d   La Torre, G ^a   Crea, F ^a   Maseri, A ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ARRHYTHMIA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746427452     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.070714     Document Type: Article

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