RR-interval irregularity precedes ventricular fibrillation in ST elevation acute myocardial infarction

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Lemmert, Miguel E ^a   Majidi, Mohamed ^a   Krucoff, Mitchell W ^b   Bekkers, Sebastiaan C A M ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a   Wellens, Hein J J ^a   Kosinski, Andrzej S ^b   Gorgels, Anton P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Electrocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RR INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL IRREGULARITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 72449199369     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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