Compliance to MADIT and MUSTT criteria for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in the pre-SCD-Heft and MADIT II era. Data from a multicenter Italian study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 268-269

  Cappato, Riccardo ^a   Zanotto, Gabriele ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^a   Coppola, Antonio ^a   Curnis, Antonio ^a   Freggiaro, Valerio ^a   Sanna, Tommaso ^a   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^a   Pizzetti, Fabrizio ^a   Sermasi, Sergio ^a   Locatelli, Alessandro ^a   Zaccone, Gabriele ^a   Pecora, Domenico ^a   Raciti, Giovanni ^a   Accardi, Francesco ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD); LVEF assessment; Myocardial infarction (post MI); Risk assessment (RA)

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77957841544     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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