Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks increase T-wave alternans

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 512-517

  Lampert, Rachel ^a   Soufer, Robert ^a,b   McPherson, Craig A ^a   Batsford, William P ^a   Tirado, Stephanie ^a   Earley, Christine ^a,b   Goldberg, Anna ^c   Shusterman, Vladimir ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d PinMed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Repolarization; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; SEDATION; T WAVE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34247497354     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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