Ventricular arrhythmias and changes in heart rate preceding ventricular tachycardia in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 715-727

  Lerma, Claudia ^a   Wessel, Niels ^b,c   Schirdewan, Alexander ^c   Kurths, Jürgen ^b   Glass, Leon ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Non linear methods; Ventricular arrhythmias; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATORS; MICROFLUIDICS; TECHNOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; HEART RATE (HR); HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV); IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD); INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION; PREDICTIVE VALUES; TIME SERIES; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT);

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTION;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 45849088051     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0326-y     Document Type: Article

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