Symptomatic but not asymptomatic non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is associated with appropriate implantable cardioverter therapy in tetralogy of Fallot

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1532-1535

  Koyak, Zeliha ^a,d   De Groot, Joris R ^a   Bouma, Berto J ^a   Van Gelder, Isabelle C ^b   Budts, Werner ^c   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Sudden cardiac death; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; NONSUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDITY;

IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 84881481901     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.103     Document Type: Article

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