Coronary artery bypass grafting and defibrillator implantation in patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmias and ischemic heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1132-1139

  Geelen, Peter ^a   Primo, Joao ^a   Wellens, Francis ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fibrillation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ischemic heart disease; Ventricular; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032800470     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00591.x     Document Type: Article

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