Prognostic significance of PVCs and resting heart rate

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-129

  Engel, Gregory ^a   Cho, Shaun ^b   Ghayoumi, Afshin ^c   Yamazaki, Takuya ^d   Chun, Sung ^d   Fearon, William F ^a   Froelicher, Victor F ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b John Muir Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Heart rate; Premature ventricular contractions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES; VETERANS;

EID: 34249978950     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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