Implantable cardioverter defibrillator - An unusual case of inappropriate discharge during showering

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 265-268

  Manolis, Athanasios G ^a,b   Katsivas, Apostolos G ^a   Vassilopoulos, Charis V ^a   Louvros, Nikolaos E ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Inappropriate shocks

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HAZARD; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

AGED; BATHS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034010359     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009834100540     Document Type: Article

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