Heart failure and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy: Update and perspective on current primary prevention trials

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-166

  Saxon, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; ICD

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036023206     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2002.125555     Document Type: Article

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