title: Prognostic value of programmed ventricular stimulation for sudden death in selected high risk patients with structural heart disease and preserved systolic function.
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Division, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: kgatzoul@med.uoa.gr.
authors.forename: Konstantinos A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Gatzoulis
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Division, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsiachris
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Division, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arsenos
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Division, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Stefanos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Archontakis
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Division, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Polychronis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dilaveris
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Division, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vouliotis
authors.affiliation: State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Skevos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sideris
authors.affiliation: State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Skiadas
authors.affiliation: State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kallikazaros
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Division, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christodoulos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013318:Stroke Volume; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Dilated cardiomyopathy; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ischemic heart disease; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Programmed ventricular stimulation