Value of programmed ventricular stimulation for prophylactic internal cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in postinfarction patients preselected by noninvasive risk stratifiers

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1901-1907

  Schmitt, Claus ^a,b   Barthel, Petra ^a   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Schreieck, Jürgen ^a   Plewan, Andreas ^a   Schomig A ^a   Schmidt, Georg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0035368956     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01246-3     Document Type: Article

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