Electrical storm and heart failure worsening in implantable cardiac defibrillator patients

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-254

  Guerra, Federico ^a   Flori, Marco ^a   Bonelli, Paolo ^a   Patani, Francesca ^a   Capucci, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Electrical storm; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia; Worsening heart failure

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRICAL STORM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEDATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84922447643     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu298     Document Type: Article

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