Electrocardiographic markers of structural heart disease and predictors of death in 2332 unselected patients undergoing outpatient Holter recording

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1203-1208

  Gallagher, Mark M ^a   Padula, Mina ^a   Sgueglia, Marianna ^a   Santini, Luca ^a   Voci, Paolo ^a   Mahon, Niall G ^b   Yap, Yee Guan ^c   Romeo, Francesco ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Myocardial infarction; QRS complex duration; QRS interval; Risk stratification; Sudden death; Ventricular ectopic beat; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular premature beat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 39849104692     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum228     Document Type: Article

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