Current status of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 641-707

  O'Callaghan, Peter A ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031298587     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0146-2806(97)80001-1     Document Type: Article

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