QRS-T morphology measured from exercise electrocardiogram as a predictor of cardiac mortality

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 701-707

  Kentt, Tuomas ^a   Karsikas, Mari ^a   Junttila, M Juhani ^a   Perkimki, Juha S ^a   Seppnen, Tapio ^a   Kiviniemi, Antti ^b   Nieminen, Tuomo ^c   Lehtimki, Terho ^c   Nikus, Kjell ^d   Lehtinen, Rami ^e   Viik, Jari ^c   Khnen, Mika ^c   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Verve   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Exercise; Mortality; QRS T; Risk; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 79955376494     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq461     Document Type: Article

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