Distinct Clinical Features in the Recipients of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Taiwan: A Multicenter Registry Study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2083-2090

  Tsai, Chia Ti ^a   Stephen Huang, Shoei K ^a,b   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a   Lai, Ling Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0242468493     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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