Relevance of cardioverter defibrillators for the prevention of sudden cardiac death on the timing of heart transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 684-688

  Grigioni, Francesco ^a,c   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Barbieri, Andrea ^b   Russo, Antonio ^a   Reggianini, Letizia ^b   Bursi, Francesca ^b   Potena, Luciano ^a   Ricci, Caterina ^b   Fallani, Francesco ^a   Coccolo, Fabio ^a   Magnani, Gaia ^a   Magelli, Carlo ^a   Modena, Maria G ^b   Branzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillator; Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750835435     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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