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Early repolarization: electrocardiographic phenotypes associated with favorable long-term outcome.
Circulation - 14 Jun 2011
Tikkanen Jani T, Junttila M Juhani, Anttonen Olli, Aro Aapo L, Luttinen Samuli, Kerola Tuomas, Sager Solomon J, Rissanen Harri A, Myerburg Robert J, Reunanen Antti, Huikuri Heikki V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Early repolarization (ER) in inferior/lateral leads of standard ECGs increases the risk of arrhythmic death. We tested the hypothesis that variations in the ST-segment characteristics after the ER waveforms may have prognostic importance. METHODS AND RESULTS: ST segments after ER were classified as horizontal/descending or rapidly ascending/upsloping on the basis of observations from 2 independent...
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