Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for treatment of sustained ventricular arrhythmias in patients with Chagas' heart disease: comparison with a control group treated with amiodarone alone.

Gali, Wagner L; Sarabanda, Alvaro V; Baggio, José M; Ferreira, Luís G; Gomes, Gustavo G; Marin-Neto, J Antônio; Junqueira, Luiz F

Gali, Wagner L; Sarabanda, Alvaro V; Baggio, José M; Ferreira, Luís G; Gomes, Gustavo G; Marin-Neto, J Antônio; Junqueira, Luiz F.

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Gali WL; Clinical Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Unit, Instituto de Cardiologia do Distrito Federal (IC-DF), Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia (FUC), AOS 02 Bloco B apto 604, Brasília, 70660-022 DF, Brazil.

Europace ; 16(5): 674-80, 2014 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24481778

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Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm/therapy; Amiodarone/therapeutic use; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents/therapeutic use; Chagas Cardiomyopathy/therapy; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/prevention & control; Defibrillators, Implantable; Ventricular Fibrillation/therapy; Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm/etiology; Adult; Aged; Chagas Cardiomyopathy/complications; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology; Female; Historically Controlled Study; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Secondary Prevention; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke Volume; Tachycardia, Ventricular/etiology; Tachycardia, Ventricular/therapy; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Fibrillation/etiology

Key words

Amiodarone; Chagas' disease; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ventricular Fibrillation / Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm / Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Defibrillators, Implantable / Amiodarone / Anti-Arrhythmia Agents Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2014 Type: Article

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