Efficacy of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in the elderly

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 556-560

  Panotopoulos, Panagiotis T ^a   Axtell, Kathi ^a   Anderson, Alfred J ^a   Sra, Jasbir ^a   Blanck, Zalmen ^a   Deshpande, Sanjay ^a   Biehl, Michael ^a   Keelan, Edward T ^a   Jazayeri, Mohammad R ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031057082     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00527-X     Document Type: Article

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