Patterns of ectopy leading to increased risk of fatal or near-fatal cardiac arrhythmia in patients with depressed left ventricular function after an acute myocardial infarction

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1304-1312

  Lerma, Claudia ^a   Gorelick, Alexander ^b   Ghanem, Raja N ^c   Glass, Leon ^b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Holter monitoring; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Myocardial infarction; Premature ventricular beats; Sudden arrhythmic event

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

HOLTER MONITORING; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREMATURE VENTRICULAR BEATS; SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC EVENT;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84883328692     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus415     Document Type: Article

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