The ratio of low- to high-frequency power as a predictor of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias recurrence in patients with postinfarction left ventricular dysfunction - Preliminary results

Clinical and Experimental Medical Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Ruta, Jan ^a   Ptaszyński, Paweł ^a   Kaczmarek, Krzysztof ^a   Kudryński, Krzysztof ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Spectral analysis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRESSLER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPECTROSCOPY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 77953373910     PISSN: 18952089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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