title: Microvolt T-wave alternans distinguishes between patients likely and patients not likely to benefit from implanted cardiac defibrillator therapy: a solution to the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT) II conundrum.
authors.affiliation: Data Coordinating Center, The MTWA in CHF Study, PH 9-103D, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, 630 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA. dmb9@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bloomfield
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Steinman
authors.forename: Pearila B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Namerow
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parides
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davidenko
authors.forename: Elizabeth S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinn
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Chuen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: J Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Bigger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019090:Case Management; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents