ICD implantation with and without combined myocardial revascularisation - Incidence of ICD therapy and late survival

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 333-336

  Brockes, Christiane ^a   Rahn Schonbeck M ^a   Duru, F ^a   Candinas, R ^a   Seifert, B ^a   Turina, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator sudden death; Revascularisation; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0036905994     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35741     Document Type: Article

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