Clinical implications of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in patients with vasospastic angina and lethal ventricular arrhythmia

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 908-913

  Matsue, Yuya ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Nishizaki, Mitsuhiro ^b   Hojo, Rintaro ^c   Hashimoto, Yuji ^a   Sakurada, Harumizu ^c  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; vasospastic angina; ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; VASOSPASTIC ANGINA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84865475089     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.070     Document Type: Article

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