Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in coronary artery disease: Relation to inducible sustained ventricular tachycardia

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-39

  Buxton, Alfred E ^a   Lee, Kerry L ^b   DiCarlo, Lorenzo ^c   Echt, Debra S ^d   Fisher, John D ^e   Stephen Greer, G ^f   Josephson, Mark E ^g   Packer, Douglas ^h   Prystowsky, Eric N ⁱ   Talajic, Mario ^j  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan Heart PC   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Arkansas Cardiology Clinic   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ Care Group   (United States)

^j MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0030317955     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-1-199607010-00006     Document Type: Article

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