Epicardial cardioverter-defibrillators do not cause postoperative arrhythmias

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1114-1117

  Curtis, Anne B ^a   Bigger Jr , J Thomas ^b   DiMarco, John P ^b   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031764622     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00564-5     Document Type: Article

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