The incidence of implantable cardioverter defibrillator indications in patients admitted to all coronary care units in a single district

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 266-272

  Plummer, Christopher J ^a   Irving, R John ^a   McComb, Janet M ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Guidelines; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 18144416187     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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