Novel spectral indexes of heart rate variability as predictors of sudden and non-sudden cardiac death after an acute myocardial infarction

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-62

  Kiviniemi, Antti M ^a   Tulppo, Mikko P ^a   Wichterle, Dan ^b   Hautala, Arto J ^a   Tiinanen, Suvi ^c   Seppänen, Tapio ^c   Mäkikallio, Timo H ^c,d   Huikuri, Heikki V ^c  

^a Merikoski Rehabilitation and Research Center   (Finland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Sudden cardiac death; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUDDEN DEATH; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33847076306     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890600990375     Document Type: Article

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