Antitachycardia pacing in patients with implantable cardioverter- defibrillators: Inverse circadian variation of therapy success and acceleration

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1487-1489

  Fries, Roland ^a   Heisel, Armin ^a   Nikoloudakis, Nikolaus ^b   Jung, Jens ^a   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^b   Schieffer, Hermann ^a  

^a Innere Medizin IV   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030731669     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00731-5     Document Type: Article

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