24 h and prolonged ambulatory ECG recording in patients with ventricular ectopy: Maybe 24 h are not enough?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   D'Arienzo, Girolamo ^a   Tiscia, Giuseppe ^a   Pellegrino, Pier Luigi ^a   De Gennaro, Luisa ^a   Di Biase, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prolonged ambulatory ECG; Risk stratification; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 44849090965     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.02.055     Document Type: Article

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