Ventricular Ectopy as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Heart Failure and Death: "Déjà Vu All Over Again" May Be a Good Thing

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 110-112

  Santangeli, Pasquale ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; mortality; premature ventricular contractions

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84942601205     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.05.031     Document Type: Editorial

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