Influence of patient characteristics in the selection of patients for defibrillator implantation (The AVID Registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1185-1189

  Curtis, Anne B ^a   Hallstrom, Alfred P ^b   Klein, Richard C ^b   Math, Sunil ^b   Pinski, Sergio L ^b   Epstein, Andrew E ^b   Wyse, D George ^b   Cannom, David S ^b   Renfroe, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030957245     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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