Usefulness of programmed ventricular stimulation in predicting future arrhythmic events in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 276-282

  Aizer, Anthony ^a,b   Stern, Eric H ^a   Gomes, J Anthony ^a   Teirstein, Alvin S ^a   Eckart, Robert E ^b   Mehta, Davendra ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; STIMULATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144435212     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.059     Document Type: Article

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