Single-chamber versus dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators: Indications and clinical results

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5 B, 1999, Pages

  Trappe, Hans Joachim ^a   Achtelik, Michael ^a   Pfitzner, Petra ^a   Voigt, Bernward ^a   Weismüller, Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033545689     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)01037-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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