Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators confer survival benefit in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1125-1130

  Razak, Eathar ^a   Kamireddy, Swapna ^a   Saba, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charlson comorbidity index; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; defibrillator; mortality; propensity score

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77956327228     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02786.x     Document Type: Article

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