Increased ventricular ectopic activity in relation to C-reactive protein, and NT-pro-brain natriuretic peptide in subjects with no apparent heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1188-1194

  Sajadieh, Ahmad ^a,c   Nielsen, Olav Wendelboe ^a   Rasmussen, Verner ^a   Ole Hein, Hans ^b   Hansen, Jørgen Fischer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Bispebjerg University Hospita   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 33750714419     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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