Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator use in patients perceived to be at high risk early post-myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2000-2007

  Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Abraham, William T ^b   Bianco, Nicole R ^c   Kern, Karl B ^d   Mirro, Michael ^e   Rao, Sunil V ^f   Rhee, Edward K ^g   Solomon, Scott D ^h   Szymkiewicz, Steven J ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZOLL Medical Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Parkview Health System   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; resuscitation; sudden cardiac arrest; wearable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR;

AED; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; DEFIBRILLATION; ICD; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; LVEF; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; MVT; OMT; OPTIMIZED MEDICAL THERAPY; PMVT; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; RESUSCITATION; SCA; SCD; SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH MASTER FILE; SSDMF; SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FLUTTER; VF; VFL; WCD; WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84888243713     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.086     Document Type: Article

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