Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in patients with a left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 771-776

  Ambardekar, Amrut V ^a   Allen, Larry A ^a   Lindenfeld, JoAnn ^a   Lowery, Christopher M ^a   Cannon, Anne P ^a   Cleveland Jr , Joseph C ^a   Brieke, Andreas ^a   Sauer, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; mechanical assist devices; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77953722306     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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