Predictors of electrical storm recurrences in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 668-674

  Streitner, Florian ^a   Kuschyk, Juergen ^a   Veltmann, Christian ^a   Mahl, Eva ^a   Dietrich, Claudia ^a   Schimpf, Rainer ^a   Doesch, Christina ^a   Streitner, Ines ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^b   Borggrefe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical storm recurrences; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRICAL STORM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79955366724     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq428     Document Type: Article

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