Analysis of mortality events in the multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial (MADIT-II)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1459-1465

  Greenberg, Henry ^a,c   Case, Robert B ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^b   Brown, Mary W ^b   Carroll, Elizabeth R ^b   Andrews, Mark L ^b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG; EF; Ejection fraction; Electrocardiographic; Hazard ratio; Heart failure; HF; HR; ICD; Implantable cardiac defibrillator; Left ventricular; LV; MADIT II; MI; Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial; Myocardial infarction; NYHA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; DRESSLER SYNDROME; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1942484877     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.11.038     Document Type: Article

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