Heart Rate Turbulence and T-Wave Alternans in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: The Influence of Diabetes

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 481-487

  Perkiömäki, Juha ^a   Exner, Derek V ^b   Piira, Olli Pekka ^a   Kavanagh, Katherine ^b   Lepojärvi, Samuli ^a   Talajic, Mario ^c   Karvonen, Jarkko ^a   Philippon, Francois ^d   Junttila, Juhani ^a   Coutu, Benoit ^e   Huikuri, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; diabetes; heart rate turbulence; myocardial infarction; sudden cardiac death; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; T WAVE ALTERNAN; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84942839270     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anec.12244     Document Type: Article

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