Canadian implantable defibrillator study (CIDS): A randomized trial of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator against amiodarone

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1297-1302

  Connolly, Stuart J ^a   Gent, Michael ^a   Roberts, Robin S ^a   Dorian, Paul ^b   Roy, Denis ^b   Sheldon, Robert S ^b   Mitchell, L Brent ^b   Green, Martin S ^b   Klein, George J ^b   O'Brien, Bernard ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Defibrillators, implantable; Heart arrest; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034696531     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.11.1297     Document Type: Article

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