Equivalent arrhythmic risk in patients recently diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy compared with patients diagnosed for 9 months or more

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-403

  Makati, Kevin J ^a   Fish, Airley E ^a   England, Hannah H ^a   Tighiouart, Hocine ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a   Link, Mark S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645844840     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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