Ventricular arrhythmia in coronary artery disease: Limits of a risk stratification strategy based on the ejection fraction alone and impact of infarct localization

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1639-1646

  Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Schlaepfer, Jürg ^a   Oddo, Mauro ^a   Schaller, Marie Denise ^a   Vogt, Pierre ^a   Fromer, Martin ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmic risk; Ejection fraction; Myocardial infarction; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SWITZERLAND; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 71449091692     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup314     Document Type: Article

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