Driving and arrhythmias: Implications of new data

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-79

  Bleakley, Jeffrey F ^a   Akiyama, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Automobile driving; Defibrillators; Heart arrest; Implantable; Legislation; Medical; Practice guidelines; Syncope; Tachycardia; Ventricular; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRIVING ABILITY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038208376     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023655410200     Document Type: Article

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