Intrathoracic impedance preceding ventricular tachyarrhythmia episodes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 960-966

  Moore, Hans J ^a,b   Peters, Matthew N ^a,c   Franz, Michael R ^a,b   Karasik, Pamela E ^a,b,d   Singh, Steven N ^a,b,e   Fletcher, Ross D ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; implanted cardioverter defibrillator; intrathoracic impedance; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPEDANCE; INTRATHORACIC IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 77955289578     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02746.x     Document Type: Article

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