Characteristics and relevance of clustering ventricular arrhythmias in defibrillator recipients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 702-707

  Stuber, Thomas ^a   Eigenmann, Christa ^a   Delacrétaz, Etienne ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrical storm; Implantable defibrillator; Survival; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 22244474008     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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