Long-term follow-up of sudden cardiac arrest survivors and electrophysiologically guided antiarrhythmic therapy

Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 190-197

  Hennersdorf, Marcus G ^a   Niebch, Verena ^a   Vester, Ernst G ^b   Winter, Joachim ^a   Perings, Christian ^a   Strauer, Bodo E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Children s Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Mortality; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MEXILETINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037972829     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071248     Document Type: Article

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