Defibrillation efficacy testing: Long-term follow-up and mortality

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 509-515

  Theuns, Dominic A M J ^a   Szili Torok, Tamas ^a   Jordaens, Luc J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden death; Survival; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 27144540919     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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