Survival in octogenarians receiving implantable defibrillators

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 714-719

  Koplan, Bruce A ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Albert, Christine M ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748693699     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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