Adverse events with transvenous implantable cardioverter- defibrillators: A prospective multicenter study

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 663-670

  Rosenqvist, Mårten ^a   Beyer, Thorsten ^b   Block, Michael ^c   Den Dulk, Karel ^e   Minten, Jaak ^d   Lindemans, Fred ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Karolinska Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Events, adverse; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD); Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032544215     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.7.663     Document Type: Article

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