A Randomized Study of the Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Alfred E. Buxton; Kerry L. Lee; John D. Fisher; Mark E. Josephson; Eric N. Prystowsky; Gail E. Hafley

doi:10.1056/nejm199912163412503

Abstract

Electrophysiologically guided antiarrhythmic therapy with implantable defibrillators, but not with antiarrhythmic drugs, reduces the risk of sudden death in high-risk patients with coronary disease.

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MedicineAsymptomaticCoronary artery diseaseCardiologyInternal medicineSudden deathSudden cardiac deathDisease

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 341
Issue: 25
Pages: 1882-1890
Citations: 2479
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                                    Alfred E. Buxton, 
                                
                                    Kerry L. Lee, 
                                
                                    John D. Fisher
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            A Randomized Study of the Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 341
                            (25)
                            , 1882-1890.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199912163412503
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199912163412503