The implantable cardioverter defibrillator and primary prevention of sudden death: The multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial and the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)-patch trial

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5 B, 1999, Pages

  Block, Michael ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^b  

^a Klinik Augustinum Munchen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033545645     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)01028-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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