Therapeutic decision tree for patients with sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias or aborted cardiac arrest: A critical review of the antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillator trial and the Canadian implantable defibrillator study

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages K44-K51

  Farré, Jerónimo ^a   Cabrera, José A ^a   Romero, José ^a   Rubio, José M ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SOTALOL;

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034597564     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01291-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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