Fragmented QRS: A predictor of mortality and sudden cardiac death

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Das, Mithilesh K ^a   Zipes, Douglas P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 68149167243     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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