Prognosis among survivors of primary ventricular fibrillation in the percutaneous coronary intervention era

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-472

  de Jong, Jonas S S G ^a   Marsman, Roos F ^a   Henriques, José P S ^a   Koch, Karel T ^a   de Winter, Robbert J ^a   Tanck, Michael W T ^a   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a   Dekker, Lukas R C ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 68949127563     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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