ICD hardware failure associated with multiple internal shocks

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 910-913

  Nair, Lawrence A ^a   Ostrow, Eliot L ^b   Beck, Bryan ^a  

^a Presbyterian Heart Group   (United States)

^b Intermedics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Malfunction; Sensing abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GENERATOR; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; T WAVE;

EID: 0034081764     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00864.x     Document Type: Article

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