Sudden death in recipients of transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems: Terminal events, predictors, and potential mechanisms

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1049-1056

  Pires, Luis A ^a,c   Hull, Michael L ^a,b   Nino, Charles L ^a   May, Lynette M ^a   Ganji, Jagadeesh R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Guidant/CPI   (United States)

^c ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032856728     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00276.x     Document Type: Article

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