Comparison of three cardioverter defibrillator implantation techniques: Initial results with transvenous pectoral implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1061-1069

  Anvari, Anahit ^a   Stix, Günter ^a   Grabenwöger, Martin ^a   Schneider, Barbara ^b   Türel, Zeynep ^a   Schmidinger, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029843736     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03414.x     Document Type: Article

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