Guidelines for implantable cardioverter defibrillator follow-up in Canada: A consensus statement of the Canadian Working Group on Cardiac Pacing;Recommandations pour le suivi des CDI au Canada: Énoncé de consensus du Groupe de Travail Canadien pour la Cardiostimulation

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-37

  Gillis, Anne M ^a   Philippon, François ^b   Cassidy, Margaret R ^c   Singh, Narendra ^d   Dorian, Paul ^e   Love, Barry A ^f   Kerr, Charles R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Patient follow up

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0037218873     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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