Prediction of fatal or near-fatal cardiac arrhythmia events in patients with depressed left ventricular function after an acute myocardial infarction

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Authors

Heikki V. Huikuri · University of Oulu

M.J. Pekka Raatikainen · University of Oulu

R. Moerch-Joergensen · Gentofte Hospital

Juha Hartikainen · University of Eastern Finland

Vesa Virtanen · Tampere University

J Boland · Centre hospitalier régional de la Citadelle

Olli Anttonen ·

Abstract

Fatal or near-fatal arrhythmias can be predicted by many risk stratification methods, especially by heart rate variability, in patients with reduced LVEF after AMI.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

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Publication Details

Published in: European Heart Journal

Volume 30, Issue 6, pp. 689-698

DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn537

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