Chronic rise in defibrillation threshold with a hybrid lead system

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-312

  Tummala, Rangarao V ^a   Riggio, David R ^a   Peters, Robert W ^a,b   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^a   Gold, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030221145     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00283-4     Document Type: Article

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