Heart rate turbulence

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-171

  Cygankiewicz, Iwona ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart rate turbulence; Heart rate variability; Risk stratification; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECELERATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRESSLER SYNDROME; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ATRAMI; BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY; BRS; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND RISK STRATIFICATION AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARISMA; CHF; CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRT; EMIAT; EPHESUS; EPLERENONE POST-AMI HEART FAILURE EFFICACY AND SURVIVAL; EUROPEAN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AMIODARONE TRIAL; FINGER; FINLAND AND GERMANY POST-INFARCTION; GISSI-HF; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HR; HRT; HRV; ICD; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INNOVATIVE STRATIFICATION OF ARRHYTHMIC RISK; ISAR-HRT; LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; LVEF; MPIP; MUERTE SUBITA EN INSUFFICIENCIA CARDIACA; MULTICENTER POSTINFARCTION PROGRAM; MUSIC; REFINE; RISK STRATIFICATION; SDNN; STANDARD DEVIATION OF NORMAL-TO-NORMAL RR INTERVALS; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE ALTERNANS; THE AUTONOMIC TONE AND REFLEXES AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THE GRUPPO ITALIANO PER LO STUDIO DELLA SOPRAVVIVENZA NELL'INFARTO MIOCARDICO HEART FAILURE; THE RISK ESTIMATION FOLLOWING INFARCTION NON-INVASIVE EVALUATION; TO; TS; TURBULENCE ONSET; TURBULENCE SLOPE; TWA; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VPB; VT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84887406975     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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