DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HEART-RATE MAY PREDICT SUBSEQUENT VENTRICULAR-TACHYCARDIA AFTER MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
MAKIKALLIO TH SEPPANEN T AIRAKSINEN KEJ KOISTINEN J TULPPO MP PENG CK GOLDBERGER AL HUIKURI HV
Citation
Th. Makikallio et al., DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HEART-RATE MAY PREDICT SUBSEQUENT VENTRICULAR-TACHYCARDIA AFTER MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, The American journal of cardiology, 80(6), 1997, pp. 779
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:6<779:DAOHMP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Dynamics analysis of RR interval behavior and traditional measures of heart rate variability were-compared between postinfarction patients w ith and without vulnerability to ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a cas e-control study. Short-term fractal correlation of heart rate dynamics was better than traditional measures of heart rate variability in dif ferentiating patients with and without life-threatening arrhythmias.