How to select patients who will not benefit from ICD therapy by using heart rate and its variability?

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30;168(2):1655-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.040. Epub 2013 Apr 9.
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Keywords: Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Mortality; Myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Rate / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Patient Selection*