Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID)-Rationale, design, and methods

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 470-475

  The AVID Investigators, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; PLACEBO; SOTALOL;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AMIODARONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOTALOL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0028957354     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80583-9     Document Type: Article

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