Implantable cardioverter defibrillator practices and costs at an academic medical center

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 162-166

  Olshansky, Brian ^a,c   Loots, Deborah ^b   McGrory Usset, Mary ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

AVID trial; Cost analysis; Hospital costs; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implant; Inpatient and outpatient settings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOCUMENTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035118747     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00162.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. ICD clinical update: First decade, initial 10,000 patients
2. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in cardiovascular practice: Report of the policy conference of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
3. A comparison of antiarrhythmic-drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from near-fatal ventricular arrhythmias