Sustained polymorphic arrhythmias induced by programmed ventricular stimulation have prognostic value in patients receiving defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1067-1075

  Greenberg, Scott L ^a,b   Mauricio Sanchez J ^a   Cooper, Jonas A ^a   Cain, Michael E ^a   Chen, Jane ^a   Gleva, Marye J ^a   Lindsay, Bruce D ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Faddis, Mitchell N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8086 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Primary prevention; Programmed ventricular stimulation; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MORTALITY; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; POPULATION; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34548143366     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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