Beat-to-beat three-dimensional ECG variability predicts ventricular arrhythmia in ICD recipients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1606-1613

  Tereshchenko, Larisa G ^a   Han, Lichy ^b   Cheng, Alan ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Spragg, David D ^a   Sinha, Sunil ^a   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Tomaselli, Gordon F ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Repolarization; Risk stratification; Variability; Vectorcardiogram; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78049452150     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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