Surgical aspects of a randomized trial of defibrillator implantation during coronary artery bypass surgery: The CABG Patch Trial

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Spotnitz, Henry M ^a   Herre, John M ^b   Baker Jr , Lenox D ^b   Fitzgerald, David M ^c   Kron, Irving L ^d   Bigger Jr , J Thomas ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Departments of Surgery and Medicine   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiopulmonary bypass; coronary disease; defibrillation; electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0010565644     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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