Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1336-1339

  Da Rosa, Michael R ^a   Sapp, John L ^a   Howlett, Jonathan G ^a   Falkenham, Alec ^a   Légaré, Jean Francois ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 37149001461     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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