Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for patients with life- threatening ventricular arrhythmias and severe heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 875-877

  Mecca, Andrew ^a   Barakat, Tawfik ^a   Guo, Hongsheng ^a   Olshansky, Brian ^a  

^a University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 0034662763     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01110-3     Document Type: Article

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