Incidence and Characteristics of Type-2 Breaks in Response to Antitachycardia Pacing Therapy in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1156-1162

  Sharma, Vinod ^a   DeGroot, Paul J ^a   Wathen, Mark S ^b  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Episode termination; Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia; Type 1 break; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTITACHYCARDIA PACING THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CYCLE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344874118     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03018.x     Document Type: Article

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