Clinical predictors and efficacy of antitachycardia pacing in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: The importance of the patient's sex

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-74

  Peters, Robert W ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xiaozheng ^a,b,c   Gold, Michael R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitachycardia pacing; ICD; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035113541     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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