Association of early repolarization and sudden cardiac death during an acute coronary event

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 714-718

  Tikkanen, Jani T ^a   Wichmann, Viktor ^a   Junttila, Juhani ^a   Rainio, Meri ^a   Hookana, Eeva ^a   Lappi, Olli Pekka ^a   Kortelainen, Marja Leena ^b   Anttonen, Olli ^a,c   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Department of Forensic Medicine   (Finland)

^c PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Early repolarization; Electrocardiography; Epidemiology; Heart attack (myocardial infarction); Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVOR; VICTIM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866681831     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.970863     Document Type: Article

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