ICD malfunction caused by excessive defibrillation charge time

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4I, 2001, Pages 518-519

  De Meester, Antoine ^a   Gilles, Paul Henri ^b  

^a Hospital de Jolimont   (Belgium)

^b Medtronic Belgium SA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Defibrillation charge time; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Malfunction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; GENERATOR; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035040514     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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