Modulated dispersion of activation and repolarization by premature beats in patients with cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden death

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Subramanian, Anandaraja ^a   Suszko, Adrian ^a   Selvaraj, Raja J ^a   Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a   Ivanov, Joan ^a   Chauhan, Vijay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Restitution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION RECOVERY INTERVAL; ACTIVATION TIME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISPERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; TOTAL REPOLARIZATION TIME;

AGED; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 79958055463     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01050.2010     Document Type: Article

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