Clinical and socioeconomic profile of patients with malignant ventricular arrhythmias in 1993 to 1995

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-301

  Domanski, Michael J ^a,b,c,d,e   Saksena, Sanjeev ^a,b,c,d,e   Wyse, George ^a,b,c,d,e   Hallstrom, Al ^a,b,c,d,e   Schron, Eleanor B ^a,b,c,d,e   Nanda, Anil ^a,b,c,d,e   Nanda, Anita ^a,b,c,d,e   Kutalek, Steven ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Eastern Heart Institute   (United States)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESUSCITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030789911     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00349-4     Document Type: Article

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