13th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 1998

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

RT-234

Predictors of non sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with chronic congestive heart failure undergoing 24-hour Holter monitoring

Claudio Fresco, Alessandro Proclemer, Maria Cecilia Albanese, Donata Lucci*, Marco Gorini*, Aldo Pietro Maggioni*, Anna Linda Cuzzato, Paolo Maria Fioretti, a nome dei ricercatori IN-CHF.
Istituto di Cardiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine,
*Centro Studi ANMCO, Florence, Italy

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