Electrocardiographic predictors of sudden cardiac death

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-182

  Carey, Mary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Ischemia; Monitoring; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 41849104207     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JCN.0000305069.64860.51     Document Type: Review

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