Prognostic Significance of Premature Ventricular Contractions without Obvious Heart Diseases Determined by Standard 12-Lead Electrocardiography Considering their Morphology

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 142-151

  Haruta, Daisuke ^a   Akahoshi, Masazumi ^a   Hida, Ayumi ^a   Sera, Nobuko ^a   Imaizumi, Misa ^a   Ichimaru, Shinichiro ^a   Nakashima, Eiji ^a   Takahashi, Ikuno ^a   Ohishi, Waka ^a   Fukae, Satoki ^b   Maemura, Koji ^b  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; epidemiology; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; ATOMIC BOMB; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84928139754     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anec.12275     Document Type: Article

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