Audible implantable cardioverter defibrillator alarms detect intermittent conductor discontinuity

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 430-432

  Sheth, Nirav ^a   Mahmood, Kamran ^a   Singh, Binod ^a   Carter Adkins, Danielle ^a   Pachulski, S Roman T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Electrophysiology; Pacing; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTOR; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0036301396     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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