Multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial II (MADIT II): Design and clinical protocol

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-91

  Moss, Arthur J ^a,h   Cannom, David S ^a   Daubert, James P ^b   Jackson Hall, W ^c   Higgins, Steven L ^d   Klein, Helmut ^e   Wilber, David ^a,b   Zareba, Wojciech ^f   Brown, Mary W ^g  

^a Cardiology Unit   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032893276     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.1999.tb00369.x     Document Type: Article

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