The patient's informed consent for pacemakers and ICD implantation: How to write and how to explain it

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 377-383

  Lüderitz, Berndt ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driving; ICD; Implantation procedure; Informed consent; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPREHENSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRIVING ABILITY; FLYING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT RIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS;

EID: 0037955934     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0931-6     Document Type: Article

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