Journal article
Heart Transplantation After Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation A Case Control Study
Abstract
A case control study was performed to determine whether previous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) insertion adversely affects outcome after heart transplantation. Six male heart transplant recipients who had undergone ICD insertion 12 +/- 5 months before heart transplantation were compared to a cohort of six heart transplant recipients who were matched according to age, preoperative status and hemodynamics, date of transplantation, …
Authors
Novick RJ; Menkis AH; Gutraudon GM; Sandler D; Pflugfelder PW; Kostuk WJ; Yee R; Klein GJ; Powell A-M; McKenzie FN
Journal
CHEST Journal, Vol. 103, No. 6, pp. 1710–1714
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 1993
DOI
10.1378/chest.103.6.1710
ISSN
0012-3692