Prognostic significance of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia identified postoperatively after coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 757-763

  Pires, Luis A ^a,b   Hafley, Gail E ^g   Lee, Kerry L ^g   Fisher, John D ^c   Josephson, Mark E ^b,d   Prystowsky, Eric N ^b,f   Buxton, Alfred E ^b,e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Care Group   (United States)

^g DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Mortality; Prognosis; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

EID: 0036667610     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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