Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy improves long-term survival in patients with unexplained syncope, cardiomyopathy, and a negative electrophysiologic study

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
9169098	Heart Rhythm	2005	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

This study suggests that empiric ICD therapy improves long-term outcomes in patients with unexplained syncope, ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy, and negative EPS.

Keywords

Cardiac arrest Syncope Long-term outcome Cardiomyopathy Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy improves long-term survival in patients with unexplained syncope, cardiomyopathy, and a negative electrophysiologic study

Authors

José Mauricio MD, William T. MD, Brian F. MD, Jane MD, Mitchell N. MD, PhD, Marye J. MD, Timothy W. DPhil, MD, Bruce D. MD,