Effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in survivors of inhospital cardiac arrest

American Heart Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 870-878.e1

  Chan, Paul S ^a,b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d   Spertus, John A ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^e,f   Li, Yan ^a   Hammill, Bradley G ^e   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^g,h  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84930182270     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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