Dynamic QT/RR relationship in post-myocardial infarction patients with and without cardiac arrest

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 352-358

  Järvenpää, Jere ^a   Oikarinen, Lasse ^a   Korhonen, Petri ^a   Väänänen, Heikki ^b   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac arrest; Electrocardiography; QT interval; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL; T WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78649268733     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2010.490950     Document Type: Article

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