The midlands trial of empirical amiodarone versus electrophysiology-guided interventions and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (MAVERIC): A multi-centre prospective randomised clinical trial on the secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-266

  Lau, E W ^a   Griffith, Michael ^a   Pathmanathan, R K ^b   Ng, G A ^b   Clune, M M ^a   Cooper, J ^b   Marshall, H J ^a   Forsey, P R ^a   Stafford, P J ^b   Gray, R G ^c   Skehan, J D ^b   Garratt, C J ^d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Electrophysiology; ICD; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 3142656526     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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