Significance of inducible ventricular flutter/fibrillation in risk stratification in patients with coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Matsushita, Takehiko ^a,b   Chun, Sung ^a   Liem, L Bing ^a   Friday, Karen J ^a   Sung, Ruey J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular flutter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 1542346901     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.04.008     Document Type: Article

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