Electrical storm is an independent predictor of adverse long-term outcome in the era of implantable defibrillator therapy

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-192

  Gatzoulis, Konstantinos A ^a   Andrikopoulos, George K ^a,b   Apostolopoulos, Theodoros ^a   Sotiropoulos, Elias ^a   Zervopoulos, George ^a   Antoniou, John ^a   Brili, Stella ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic therapy; Electrical storm; Implantable defibrillators

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; MEXILETINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 14844327535     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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