Baseline factors predicting early resumption of driving after life-threatening arrhythmias in the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-104

  Hickey, Kathleen ^a   Curtis, Anne B ^b   Lancaster, Scott ^c   Larsen, Greg ^d,e   Warwick, Deborah ^f   McAnulty, Jack ^d,e   Mitchell, L Brent ^g  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0034960680     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.115787     Document Type: Article

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