Predictors of appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1072-1076

  Rankovic, Vladimir ^a   Karha, Juhana ^a   Passman, Rod ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; STRATIFICATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036570240     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02278-6     Document Type: Article

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