Treating electrical instability in sudden cardiac death survivors - Are we looking at the right side of the coin?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 623-625

  Weber, H ^a   Allikmets, K ^a   Kornfeld, G ^a  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 2342629351     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.02.029     Document Type: Editorial

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