Prediction of ventricular tachyarrhythmias by intracardiac repolarization variability analysis

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-284

  Tereshchenko, Larisa G ^a,b   Fetics, Barry J ^a   Domitrovich, Peter P ^b   Lindsay, Bruce D ^b,c   Berger, Ronald D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Electrophysiology; Heart arrest; Prognosis; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 70349454205     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.829440     Document Type: Article

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