Clinical ResearchCardiac Rhythm DisorderFactors Influencing Appropriate Firing of the Implanted Defibrillator for Ventricular Tachycardia/Fibrillation: Findings From the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II (MADIT-II)
Cardiac Rhythm Disorder
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
BMI
body mass index
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
CE
coronary events
CHF
congestive heart failure
CI
confidence interval
HR
hazard ratio
ICD
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
IH
interim hospitalization
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
MADIT-II
Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II
MI
myocardial infarction
NYHA
New York Heart Association
VF
ventricular fibrillation
VT
ventricular tachycardia
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Drs. Moss and Hall are Guidant research grant recipients. Dr. Ruskin has been a consultant/advisor to Medtronic. Dr. Singh has been a consultant/advisor to Guidant Corporation.
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