12-Lead electrocardiogram as a predictor of sudden cardiac death: from epidemiology to clinical practice

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 253-259

  Eranti, Antti ^a   Aro, Aapo L ^b   Kenttä, Tuomas ^c   Holkeri, Arttu ^b   Tikkanen, Jani T ^c   Junttila, M Juhani ^c   Huikuri, Heikki V ^c  

^a PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Brugada s syndrome; cardiac; cardiomyopathy; coronary artery disease; Death; electrocardiography; heart failure; hypertrophic; long QT syndrome; sudden

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG QT SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ACTION POTENTIAL; CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84981271703     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017431.2016.1215520     Document Type: Review

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