Reverse remodeling and the risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in the MADIT-CRT (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation TrialCardiac Resynchronization Therapy)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2416-2423

  Barsheshet, Alon ^a   Wang, Paul J ^b   Moss, Arthur J ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^c   Al Ahmad, Amin ^b   McNitt, Scott ^a   Foster, Elyse ^d   Huang, David T ^a   Klein, Helmut U ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a   Eldar, Michael ^e   Goldenberg, Ilan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart failure; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; reverse remodeling; ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79958274743     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.12.041     Document Type: Article

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