Use of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in long-term survivors of orthotopic heart transplantation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 931-933

  Ptaszek, Leon M ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a   Hunt, Sharon A ^a   Valantine, Hannah ^a   Perlroth, Mark ^a   Al Ahmad, Amin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Orthotopic heart transplant; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25444492566     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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