Monitoring intrathoracic impedance with an implantable defibrillator reduces hospitalizations in patients with heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-370

  Catanzariti, Domenico ^a   Lunati, Maurizio ^b   Landolina, Maurizio ^c   Zanotto, Gabriele ^d   Lonardi, Gabriele ^e   Iacopino, Saverio ^f   Oliva, Fabrizio ^b   Perego, Giovanni B ^g   Varbaro, Annamaria ^h   Denaro, Alessandra ^h   Valsecchi, Sergio ^h   Vergara, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Mater Salutis   (Italy)

^f Istituto Auxologico S Luca ^*  (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^h Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospitalization; Implantable defibrillator; Intrathoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449196873     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02245.x     Document Type: Article

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