Microvolt T-Wave Alternans, Peak Oxygen Consumption, and Outcome in Patients with Severely Impaired Left Ventricular Systolic Function

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 689-696

  Gorodeski, Eiran Z ^a   Cantillon, Daniel J ^a   Goel, Sachin S ^a   Kaufman, Elizabeth S ^b   Martin, David O ^a   Hsich, Eileen M ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Lauer, Michael S ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACEMAKER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67649271521     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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