The prognostic significance of frequency and morphology of premature ventricular complexes during ambulatory Holter monitoring

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-125

  Ephrem, Georges ^a   Levine, Michael ^a   Friedmann, Patricia ^b   Schweitzer, Paul ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

multiform; premature; prognosis; ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITOR; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84875670854     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anec.12010     Document Type: Article

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