Predictive value of fragmented QRS in primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients with left ventricular dysfunction

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 779-784

  Forleo, Giovanni B ^a   Della Rocca, Domenico G ^a,b   Papavasileiou, Lida P ^a   Panattoni, Germana ^a   Sergi, Domenico ^a   Duro, Lucia ^a   Mahfouz, Karim ^a   Magliano, Giulia ^a   Santini, Luca ^a   Romeo, Francesco ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmented QRS; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Primary prevention; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; QRS COMPLEX; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80053581099     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32834ae458     Document Type: Article

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