Usefulness of Abnormal Heart Rate Turbulence to Predict Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction (from the EPHESUS Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1495-1499

  Stein, Phyllis K ^a   Deedwania, Prakash ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65649116890     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.362     Document Type: Article

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