Management of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in end-of-life care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 835-838

  Goldstein, Nathan E ^a   Lampert, Rachel ^b   Bradley, Elizabeth ^b   Lynn, Joanne ^b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 10044256565     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-11-200412070-00006     Document Type: Review

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