Delivery of noncommitted shocks for nonsustained ventricular arrhythmias by a new implantable cardioverter defibrillator with abortive shock capability

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-322

  Blanck, Zalmen ^a,b   Biehl, Michael ^a   Sra, Jasbir ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

abortive shock capability; bradycardia; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030897019     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00794.x     Document Type: Article

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