Response to letter from Barra et al based on "association of early repolarization and sudden cardiac death during an acute coronary event" by Tikkanen et al

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY REPOLARIZATION PATTERN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; J WAVE; LETTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84873832499     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.978585     Document Type: Letter

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