An unusual cause of ICD shock

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9 I, 1997, Pages 2265-2267

  Sticherling, Christian ^a   Klingenheben, Thomas ^a   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; SENSOR; T WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0030931991     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb04246.x     Document Type: Article

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