The rule of bigeminy revisited: analysis in sudden cardiac death syndrome

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-88

  Lerma, Claudia ^a,b   Lee, Chiu Fan ^c   Glass, Leon ^a   Goldberger, Ary L ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiogram; Early afterdepolarizations; Sudden cardiac death; Torsade de pointes; Ventricular bigeminy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL; RULE OF BIGEMINY; SUDDEN DEATH; TORSADE DES POINTES; U WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 33845231858     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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