Relationship between serum potassium concentration and risk of recurrent ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1109-1112

  Michaud, Gregory F ^a   Sticherling, Christian ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia recurrence; Cardiac arrest; Implantable defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0034781669     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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