Rest premature ventricular contractions on routine ECG and prognosis in heart failure patients

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Le, Vy Van ^a,b,c   Mitiku, Teferi ^a,b,c   Hadley, David ^b   Myers, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Froelicher, Victor F ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiac Science   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Heart failure; Rest premature ventricular contractions

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REST; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIFORNIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REST; SMOKING; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES; VETERANS;

EID: 75649142081     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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