Improved Survival with an Implanted Defibrillator in Patients with Coronary Disease at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmia

Abstract

In patients with a prior myocardial infarction who are at high risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmia, prophylactic therapy with an implanted defibrillator leads to improved survival as compared with conventional medical therapy.

Keywords

MedicineCardiologyInternal medicineHazard ratioMyocardial infarctionVentricular tachycardiaAmiodaroneEjection fractionImplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorAsymptomaticConfidence intervalHeart failureAtrial fibrillation

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 335
Issue: 26
Pages: 1933-1940
Citations: 4139
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                                    Steven L. Higgins, 
                                
                                    Helmut Klein, 
                                
                                    Joseph Levine
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Improved Survival with an Implanted Defibrillator in Patients with Coronary Disease at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmia. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 335
                            (26)
                            , 1933-1940.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199612263352601
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199612263352601