Circadian, Daily, and Seasonal Distributions of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1134-1138

  Anand, Kishlay ^a,b   Aryana, Arash ^a,b   Cloutier, David ^a   Hee, Tom ^a,b   Esterbrooks, Dennis ^a,b   Mooss, Aryan N ^a,b   Mohiuddin, Syed M ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WINTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TEMPERATURE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34548603161     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.04.063     Document Type: Article

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