Transient variations of transthoracic impedance as a predictor of heart failure and death in patients with implanted defibrillators

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-477

  Mitrani, Raul D ^a   Sager, Solomon J ^a   Moscucci, Mauro ^a   Cogan, John ^b   Myerburg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Memorial Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Mortality; Thoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TRANSTHORACIC IMPEDANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905116609     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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