Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for life-threatening arrhythmias in young patients

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-244

  Stefanelli, Christopher B ^a   Bradley, David J ^a   Leroy, Sarah ^a   Dick, Macdonald ^a   Serwer, Gerald A ^a   Fischbach, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFECTION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036630486     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019509803992     Document Type: Article

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