Inability to communicate with ICDs: An underreported failure mode

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-15

  Blitzer, Mark L ^a   Marieb, Mark A ^a   Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillator malfunction; ICD

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PERFORMANCE; SINUS NODE; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035113617     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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