RR interval variability in the evaluation of ventricular tachycardia and effects of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy
Keita Tsukahara MDa, Yasushi Oginosawa MDa, Yoshihisa Fujino MDb, Toshihiro Honda MDc, Kan Kikuchi MDd, Masatsugu Nozoe MDe, Takayuki Uchida MDf, Hitoshi Minamiguchi, MDg, Koichiro Sonoda MDh, Masahiro Ogawa MDi, Takeshi Ideguchi MDj, Yoshihisa Kizaki MDk, Toshihiro Nakamura MDl, Kageyuki Oba, MDm, Satoshi Higa, MDn, Keiki Yoshida MDo, Yagyu Keishiro MDa, Taro Miyamoto MDa, Yasunobu Yamagishi MDa, Hisaharu Ohe MDa, Ritsuko Kohno MDc, Yutaka Otsuji MDa, Haruhiko Abe MDp
aThe Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environment Health, Japan, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan
bThe Department of Environmental Epidemiology Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan
cDivision of Cardiology, Kumamoto Junkankika Hospital, 2-15 Miyukifueda, Minami-ku, Kumamoto 861-4172, Japan
dDivision of Cardiology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kyushu Hospital, 1-8 Kishinoura, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyusyu 806-8501, Japan
eDivision of Cardiology, Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, 1-3 Tenjin, Cyuou-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan
fDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iizuka Hospital, 3-83 Yoshiomachi, Iizuka 820-8505, Japan
gDepartment of Cardiology, Osaka Police Hospital, 10-31 Kitayamacyo, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0035, Japan
hDepartment of Cardiology, Sasebo City General Hospital, 9-3 Hirasecyo, Sasebo 857-8511, Japan
iDepartment of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
jDepartment of Internal Medicine, Circulatory and Body Fluid Regulation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kiyotakechokihara, Miyazaki 889-1601, Japan
kDepartment of Cardiology, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, 15 Yamatocho, Sasebo, Nagasaki 857-1165, Japan
lDepartment of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, 1-8-1 Jigyohama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-8563, Japan
mDepartment of Cardiology, Yuai Medical Center, 50 Yone, Tomigusuku, Okinawa 901-0224, Japan
nCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Makiminato Central Hospital, Okinawa, 1199 Makiminato, Urasoe, Okinawa 901-2131, Japan
oDepartment of Cardiology, Saga-ken Medical Centre Koseikan, 400 Kasemachinakabaru, Saga 840-0861, Japan
pDepartment of Heart Rhythm Management, University of Occupational and Environment Health, Japan, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyusyu 807-8555, Japan