title: Dynamic analysis of heart rate may predict subsequent ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction.
abstract: Dynamics analysis of RR interval behavior and traditional measures of heart rate variability were compared between postinfarction patients with and without vulnerability to ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a case-control study. Short-term fractal correlation of heart rate dynamics was better than traditional measures of heart rate variability in differentiating patients with and without life-threatening arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Mäkikallio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seppänen
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Airaksinen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koistinen
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Tulppo
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goldberger
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Huikuri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology