Heart rate variability is a weak predictor of sudden death in children and young patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-118

  Limongelli, G ^a   Miele, T ^a   Pacileo, G ^a   Di Salvo, G ^a   Calabro', P ^a   Ancona, R ^a   Gala, S ^a   Rea, A ^a   Verrengia, M ^a   Calabro', R ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFANT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33846259067     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.087338     Document Type: Article

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