Follow-up of patients with new cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: Is adherence to the experts' recommendations associated with improved outcomes?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1127-1133

  Hess, Paul L ^a,b   Mi, Xiaojuan ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^c   Hegland, Donald D ^b   Al Khatib, Sana M ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Medicare; Outcome; Outpatient; Registry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY-DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; CI; CIED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CPT; CRT; CRT-D; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP; DRG; EHRA; EUROPEAN HEART RHYTHM ASSOCIATION; HAZARD RATIO; HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY; HR; HRS; ICD; ICD-9-CM; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, NINTH REVISION, CLINICAL MODIFICATION; MEDICARE; NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DATA REGISTRY; NCDR; OUTCOME; OUTPATIENT; REGISTRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881247503     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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