The Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD®) for the prevention of sudden cardiac death - A single center experience;Erste erfahrungen mit einem tragbaren automatischen defibrillator (WCD®) zur prävention des plötzlichen herztodes

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1044-1052

  Reek, Sven ^a   Meltendorf, Ulf ^a   Geller, J Christoph ^a   Wollbrück, Anke ^a   Grund, Sibylle ^a   Klein, Helmut U ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0036924152     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-002-0874-3     Document Type: Article

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