Beat-to-beat variability of T-wave amplitude for the risk assessment of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in patients without structural heart disease

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1612-1618

  Sobue, Yoshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Eiichi ^a   Yamamoto, Mayumi ^a   Sano, Kan ^a   Harigaya, Hiroto ^a   Okuda, Kentarou ^a   Ozaki, Yukio ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiogram; Holter monitoring; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BEAT; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054891313     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur177     Document Type: Article

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