SCD-HeFT: Use of R-R interval statistics for long-term risk stratification for arrhythmic sudden cardiac death

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2058-2066

  Au Yeung, Wan Tai M ^a   Reinhall, Per G ^a   Poole, Jeanne E ^a   Anderson, Jill ^b   Johnson, George ^b   Fletcher, Ross D ^c   Moore, Hans J ^c   Mark, Daniel B ^d   Lee, Kerry L ^d   Bardy, Gust H ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrended fluctuation analysis; Heart failure; Heart rate turbulence; Heart rate variability; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Nonlinear dynamics; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942293443     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.06.030     Document Type: Article

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