Prediction of fatal or near-fatal cardiac arrhythmia events in patients with depressed left ventricular function after an acute myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 689-698

  Huikuri, Heikki V ^a   Raatikainen, M J Pekka ^a   Moerch Joergensen, Rikke ^b   Hartikainen, Juha ^c   Virtanen, Vesa ^d   Boland, Jean ^e   Anttonen, Olli ^f   Hoest, Nis ^g   Boersma, Lucas V A ^h   Platou, Eivind S ⁱ   Messier, Marc D ^j   Bloch Thomsen, Poul Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e Dienst Gynaecologie en Verloskunde   (Belgium)

^f PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^j MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Heart rate; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 64949101084     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn537     Document Type: Article

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