The impact of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rates and device programming on shocks in 106,513 ICD and CRT-D patients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-31

  Fischer, Avi ^a   Ousdigian, Kevin T ^b   Johnson, James W ^b   Gillberg, Jeffrey M ^b   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac resynchronization; Heart rate; ICD shock; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84555190605     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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