Ventricular ectopy in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: Should it be treated?

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-49

  Chen, Taibo ^a   Koene, Ryan ^a   Benditt, David G ^a   Lü, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; congestive heart failure; mortality; tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy; ventricular premature complexes

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOFETILIDE; DRONEDARONE; SOTALOL;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84871882375     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2012.11.004     Document Type: Review

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