Arrhythmia recurrence in patients with a healed myocardial infarction who received an implantable defibrillator: Analysis according to the clinical presentation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 351-357

  Mont, Lluís ^a   Valentino, Mariana ^a   Sambola, Antonia ^a   Matas, Mariona ^a   Aguinaga, Luis ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032749436     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00206-5     Document Type: Article

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