Significance of inducible ventricular fibrillation in patients with coronary artery disease and unexplained syncope

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 371-376

  Mittal, Suneet ^a   Hao, Steven C ^a   Iwai, Sei ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Slotwiner, David J ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYNCOPE;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034896970     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01379-1     Document Type: Article

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