Longitudinal study of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Methods and clinical characteristics of patients receiving implantable cardioverter- defibrillators for primary prevention in contemporary practice

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Masoudi, Frederick A ^a,b,c   Go, Alan S ^d,e   Magid, David J ^b,c   Cassidy Bushrow, Andrea E ^f   Doris, Jonathan M ^g,h   Fiocchi, Frances ⁱ   Garcia Montilla, Romel ^j   Glenn, Karen A ^c   Goldberg, Robert J ^k   Gupta, Nigel ^g   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^l   Hammill, Stephen C ^m   Hayes, John J ^j   Jackson, Nathaniel ^c   Kadish, Alan ⁿ   Lauer, Michael ^g   Miller, Aaron W ^j   Multerer, Deborah ^j   Peterson, Pamela N ^a,c,o   Reifler, Liza M ^c   Reynolds, Kristi ^p   Saczynski, Jane S ^l   Schuger, Claudio ^f   Sharma, Param P ^j   Smith, David H ^q   Suits, Mary ^j   Sung, Sue Hee ^d   Varosy, Paul D ^a,c,r   Vidaillet, Humberto J ^j   Greenlee, Robert T ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^j MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^m MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁿ TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^o DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p Denver Health Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^q CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^r VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System   (United States)

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Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Epidemiology; Follow up studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84873643589     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965368     Document Type: Article

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