ICD implantation: Cost conscious or patient conscious

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-205

  Josephson, M E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROCAINAMIDE;

CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029943745     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00516.x     Document Type: Editorial

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