Driving and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks for Ventricular Arrhythmias. Results From the TOVA Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2233-2240

  Albert, Christine M ^a   Rosenthal, Lawrence ^b   Calkins, Hugh ^c   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^d   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^e   Wang, Paul ^f   Muller, James E ^e   Mittleman, Murray A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 36448970472     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.06.059     Document Type: Article

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