Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in patients with prior coronary revascularization in the sudden cardiac death in heart failure trial (SCD-HeFT)

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1059-1065

  Al Khatib, Sana M ^a   Hellkamp, Anne S ^a   Lee, Kerry L ^a   Anderson, Jill ^b   Poole, Jeanne E ^c   Mark, Daniel B ^a   Bardy, Gust H ^b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary revascularization; Heart failure; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; SCD HeFT

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52049101317     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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