Risk stratification for sudden death in patients with coronary artery disease

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 836-847

  Buxton, Alfred E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Cardiac arrest; Electrophysiologic test; Heart rate turbulence; Heart rate variability; Implantable defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; T wave alternans; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65649086119     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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