Association of electrocardiographic morphology of exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmia with mortality

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 451-460

  Eckart, Robert E ^a   Field, Michael E ^b   Hruczkowski, Tomasz W ^c   Forman, Daniel E ^d   Dorbala, Sharmila ^d   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^d   Albert, Christine E ^d   Maisel, William H ^e   Epstein, Laurence M ^d   Stevenson, William G ^d  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 53749091318     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-7-200810070-00005     Document Type: Article

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