Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias due to transient or correctable causes: high risk for death in follow-up.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on November 15, 2001

Authors

D G Wyse1, P L Friedman, M A Brodsky, K J Beckman, M D Carlson, A B Curtis, A P Hallstrom, M H Raitt, B L Wilkoff, H L Greene, AVID Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiology Division, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. dgwyse@ucalgary.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) | NCT00000531

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