Prognostic Value of Heart Rate Turbulence and Its Relation to Inflammation in Patients With Unstable Angina Pectoris

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1066-1072

  Lanza, Gaetano A ^a   Sgueglia, Gregory A ^a   Angeloni, Giulia ^b   Valsecchi, Sergio ^c   Sestito, Alfonso ^a   Rebuzzi, Antonio G ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a   Maseri, Attilio ^d   Cianflone, Domenico ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 63749112574     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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