Cardiac mortality of premature ventricular complexes in healthy people in Japan

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-26

  Hirose, Hideo ^a   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^a   Gotoh, Tadao ^a   Kabutoya, Tomoyuki ^a   Kayaba, Kazunori ^b   Kajii, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Longitudinal studies; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77955555838     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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