Risk factors of self-terminating and perpetuating ventricular tachyarrhythmias in post-infarction patients with moderately depressed left ventricular function, a CARISMA sub-analysis

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1604-1611

  Perkiömäki, Juha S ^a   Bloch Thomsen, Poul Erik ^b   Kiviniemi, Antti M ^c   Messier, Marc D ^d   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Verve   (Finland)

^d MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heart rate turbulence; Heart rate variability; Myocardial infarction; Programmed electrical stimulation; Signal averaged electrocardiogram; T wave alternans; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERPETUATING VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SELF TERMINATING VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA; T WAVE;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80054921672     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur166     Document Type: Article

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