Evaluation of coronary revascularization to prevent tachycardia recurrences in survivors of ventricular fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 960-962

  Link, Mark S ^a   Cesarz, Cheryl A ^a   Griffith, John L ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0033040539     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)01052-2     Document Type: Article

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