Heart Rate Turbulence is a Powerful Predictor of Cardiac Death and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Postmyocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Disertori, Marcello ^a,b   Masè, Michela ^c   Rigoni, Marta ^a   Nollo, Giandomenico ^a   Ravelli, Flavia ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; heart failure; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; myocardial infarction; sudden cardiac death; ventricular tachycardia fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRESSLER SYNDROME; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T WAVE INVERSION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 85007016196     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004610     Document Type: Article

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