Electrical storm in the ICD era

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-183

  Jordeans, L J ^a   Mekel, J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic therapy; Electrical strom; Implantable defibrillators

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AZIMILIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CATHETER ABLATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 14844323601     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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