Usefulness of heart rate turbulence for predicting cardiac events in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-672

  Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Miwa, Yosuke ^b   Abe, Atsuko ^b   Nakazawa, Kazuo ^c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart rate turbulence; Holter monitoring; Nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80054917149     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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