Sudden death in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: Clinical context, arrhythmic events and device responses

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-32

  Pires, Luis A ^a,b   Lehmann, Michael H ^a   Steinman, Russell T ^a   Baga, John J ^a   Schuger, Claudio D ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032920894     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00519-1     Document Type: Article

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