Mechanisms of ventricular fibrillation initiation in MADIT II patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Anthony, Ryan ^a   Daubert, James P ^b   Zareba, Wojciech ^b   Andrews, Mark L ^b   McNitt, Scott ^b   Levine, Ethan ^b   Huang, David T ^b   Hall, W Jackson ^b   Moss, Arthur J ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Implantable defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 38849089480     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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