Methods of minimizing inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 346-352

  Schaer, Beat ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0034219304     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-000-0092-4     Document Type: Review

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