Early repolarization pattern associated with sudden cardiac death: Long-term follow-up in patients with chronic heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 632-639

  Furukawa, Yoshio ^a   Yamada, Takahisa ^a   Morita, Takashi ^a   Iwasaki, Yusuke ^a   Kawasaki, Masato ^a   Kikuchi, Atsushi ^a   Naito, Takashi ^a   Fujimoto, Tadao ^a   Ozu, Kentaro ^a   Kondo, Takumi ^a   Sengoku, Kaoruko ^a   Yamamoto, Hironori ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^b   Fukunami, Masatake ^a  

^a OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; early repolarization; electrocardiogram; heart failure; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; MEXILETINE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EARLY REPOLARIZATION PATTERN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84878617828     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12093     Document Type: Article

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