Cardioverter defibrillator implantation without induction of ventricular fibrillation: A single-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial (SIMPLE)

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9970, 2015, Pages 785-791

  Healey, Jeff S ^a   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^b   Glikson, Michael ^c   Neuzner, Jorg ^d   Mabo, Phillipe ^e   Vinolas, Xavier ^f   Kautzner, Josef ^g   O'Hara, Gilles ^h   Vanerven, Lieselot ⁱ   Gadler, Fredrik ^j   Pogue, Janice ^a   Appl, Ursula ^k,o   Gilkerson, Jim ^k,o   Pochet, Thierry ^k,o   Stein, Kenneth M ^k,o   Merkely, Bela ^l   Chrolavicius, Susan ^a   Meeks, Brandi ^a   Foldesi, Csaba ^m   Thibault, Bernard ⁿ   Connolly, Stuart J ^a   more..

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

^e RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^h LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k Boston Scientific   (United States)

^l SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^m National Institute of Cardiology Budapest   (Hungary)

ⁿ MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^o NONE   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK WAVE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84925582234     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61903-6     Document Type: Article

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