Transvenous defibrillator systems implanted by electrophysiologists in the catheterization laboratory

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Manolis, Antonis S ^a,c   Vassilikos, Vassilis ^a   Maounis, Themos ^a   Chiladakis, John ^b   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^b  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Department of Cardiology ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

cardioverter defibrillators; sudden death; ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUDDEN DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0031038735     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200207     Document Type: Article

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