Attenuated recovery of heart rate turbulence early after myocardial infarction identifies patients at high risk for fatal or near-fatal arrhythmic events

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-235

  Huikuri, Heikki V ^a   Exner, Derek V ^b   Kavanagh, Katherine M ^b   Aggarwal, Sandeep G ^b   Mitchell, L Brent ^b   Messier, Marc D ^d   Becker, Daniel ^d   Sheldon, Robert S ^b   Bloch Thomsen, Poul Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Coronary artery disease; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECG ABNORMALITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BAROREFLEX; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74549203879     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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