A novel ECG-index for prediction of ventricular arrhythmias in patients after myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 330-337

  Hetland, Mathias ^a   Haugaa, Kristina H ^a,b   Sarvari, Sebastian I ^a,b   Erikssen, Gunnar ^b   Kongsgaard, Erik ^b   Edvardsen, Thor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

ECG; myocardial infarction; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84904647702     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anec.12152     Document Type: Article

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