Treatment of arrhythmic storm in implantable defibrillator patients

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Křivan, Lubomír ^a   Kozák, Milan ^a   Sepši, Milan ^a   Svobodník, Adam ^b   Špinar, Jinřich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arrhythmic storm; ICD related complication; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 24944447037     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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