Comparison of ventricular arrhythmia frequency in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy versus nonischemic cardiomyopathy treated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-238

  Ermis, Cengiz ^a   Zhu, Alan X ^a   Vanheel, Laura ^b   Lemke, Mary Jo ^b   Sakaguchi, Scott ^a,b   Lurie, Keith G ^a,b   Lu, Fei ^a,b   Lin, Joseph ^a   Benditt, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b U of MN St Cloud Hospital FMR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144477233     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.051     Document Type: Article

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