The effect of sex on ventricular arrhythmic events in patients with congestive heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1206-1211

  Aronson, Doron ^a   Burger, Andrew J ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Gender; Heart failure; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; NESIRITIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0036692909     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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