Heart rhythm at the time of death documented by an implantable loop recorder

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-260

  Gang, Uffe Jakob Ortved ^a   Jøns, Christian ^a   Jørgensen, Rikke Mørch ^a   Abildstrøm, Steen Zabell ^b   Haarbo, Jens ^a   Messier, Marc D ^c   Huikuri, Heikki V ^d   Thomsen, Poul Erik Bloch ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; CARISMA; Implantable loop recorder; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SUDDEN DEATH; TIME OF DEATH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRADYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 76749142164     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup383     Document Type: Article

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