Clinical predictors of arrhythmia inducibility in survivors of cardiac arrest: Importance of gender and prior myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 973-978

  Freedman, Roger A ^a   Swerdlow, Charles D ^b   Soderholm Difatte, Vivian ^b   Mason, Jay W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0023801549     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90463-9     Document Type: Article

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