Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators after myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2245-

  Myerburg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 56749186144     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra0803409     Document Type: Review

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