Early repolarization pattern is associated with ventricular fibrillation in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1295-1300

  Rudic, Boris ^a   Veltmann, Christian ^a   Kuntz, Esther ^a   Behnes, Michael ^a   Elmas, Elif ^a   Konrad, Torsten ^a   Kuschyk, Jürgen ^a   Weiss, Christel ^b   Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Schimpf, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Early repolarization; J wave syndrome; Myocardial infarction; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84864491693     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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