Native QRS duration predicts the occurrence of arrhythmic events in ICD recipients

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 859-862

  Stecker, Eric C ^a   Zargarian, Mehdi ^a   Dogra, Vivek ^a   John, Benjamin T ^a   Kron, Jack ^a   McAnulty, John H ^a   Chugh, Sumeet S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Implantable defibrillator; Prevention; Risk stratification; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RANDOMIZATION; RECIPIENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARRHYTHMIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749663413     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul090     Document Type: Article

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