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

19992,486 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Alfred E. Buxton · Brown University

Kerry L. Lee

John D. Fisher

Mark E. Josephson · Hadassah Medical Center

Eric N. Prystowsky

Gail E. Hafley

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.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 341, Issue 25, pp. 1882-1890

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199912163412503

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