Cardiac death and stored electrograms in patients with third-generation implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1056-1062

  Grubman, Eric M ^a   Pavri, Behzad B ^a   Shipman, Tamara ^b   Britton, Nancy ^a   Kocovic, Dusan Z ^a  

^a Hospital of the University   (United States)

^b Ventritex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032190628     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00359-3     Document Type: Article

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