Impact of shock energy and ventricular rhythm on the success of first shock therapy: The ALTITUDE first shock study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 702-708

  Cha, Yong Mei ^a   Hayes, David L ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a   Powell, Brian D ^b   Cesario, David A ^c   Cao, Michael ^d   Gilliam III, F Roosevelt ^e   Jones, Paul W ^d   Jiang, Songtao ^f   Saxon, Leslie A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Carolinas Health Care System   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Cardiology Associates of NE Arkansas ^*  (United States)

^f BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitachycardia pacing; ICD; Shock; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84876570198     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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