Early repolarization is an independent predictor of occurrences of ventricular fibrillation in the very early phase of acute myocardial infarction

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 506-513

  Naruse, Yoshihisa ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Harimura, Yoshie ^b   Hayashi, Mayu ^c   Noguchi, Yuichi ^b   Sato, Akira ^a   Yoshida, Kentaro ^a   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early repolarization; ECG; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84863694546     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.966952     Document Type: Article

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