Prediction of sustained ventricular tachycardia inducible by programmed stimulation in patients with coronary artery disease. Utility of clinical variables

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1843-1850

  Buxton, Alfred E ^a   Hafley, Gail E ^b   Lehmann, Michael H ^b   Gold, Michael ^b   O'Toole, Michael ^b   Tang, Anthony ^b   Coromilas, James ^b   Hook, Bruce ^b   Stamato, Nicholas J ^b   Lee, Kerry L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Electrophysiology; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0033551079     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.14.1843     Document Type: Article

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