The prognostic significance of premature ventricular complexes in adults without clinically apparent heart disease: A meta-analysis and systematic review

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1290-1298

  Lee, Victor ^a   Hemingway, Harry ^b   Harb, Rami ^a   Crake, Tom ^a   Lambiase, Pier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84864871567     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302005     Document Type: Article

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