Relationship between New York Heart Association class change and ventricular tachyarrhythmia occurrence in patients treated with cardiac resynchronization plus defibrillator

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Lepillier, Antoine ^a,b   Piot, Olivier ^a   Gerritse, Bart ^c   Copie, Xavier ^a   Lavergne, Thomas ^b   Paziaud, Olivier ^a   Lascault, Gilles ^a   Waintraub, Xavier ^b   Otmani, Akli ^b   Le Heuzey, Jean Yves ^b  

^a CENTRE CARDIOLOGIQUE DU NORD   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defibrillator; Resynchronization; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 58149093333     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun288     Document Type: Article

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