Sudden Death Prior to Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Would Implantable Defibrillators Improve Outcome?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 447-452

  Rhee, Edward K ^a   Canter, Charles E ^a   Basile, Susan ^a   Webber, Steven A ^b   Naftel, David C ^c  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34247267039     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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