Factors influencing the status of appropriate and inappropriate shocks delivered by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Background and Aim: The QRS duration is a strong predictor of mortality, particularly in heart failure patients. However, studies on the usefulness of QRS duration, as a predictor of ventricular arrhythmic events in ICD patients, have proved to be contradictory. Since in patients with implantable ca...

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Main Authors: Vahid Ghavami Ghanbarabadi, Jamshid Jamali, Alireza Heidari-Bakavoli, Mohammad Tayyebi, Hossein Nazari Hyanlo, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Birjand University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2013-05-01
Series:Journal of Birjand University of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
ICD
Online Access:http://journal.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-318-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1