Electrical storm in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: Incidence and clinical management;La tempesta aritmica nel paziente con defibrillatore automatico impiantabile: Incidenza e problematiche terapeutiche

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 695-701

  Devecchi, Paolo ^a   Plebani, Laura ^a   Occhetta, Eraldo ^a   Bortnik, Miriam ^a   Francalacci, Gabriella ^a   Magnani, Andrea ^a   Marino, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical storm; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Primary prevention; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PLOTS AND CURVES; PROGNOSIS; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33845459241     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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