Heart rate turbulence as risk-predictor after myocardial infarction

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 2 DEC, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zuern, Christine S ^a   Barthel, Petra ^b   Bauer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Heart rate turbulence; Myocardial infarction; Risk stratification; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866293400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00099     Document Type: Article

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