Incidence of Antitachycardia Therapy Suspension Due to Magnet Reversion in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-223

  Kolb, Christof ^a   Deisenhofer, Isabel ^a   Weyerbrock, Sonja ^a   Schmieder, Sebastian ^a   Plewan, Andreas ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Inhibition of therapies; Reed switch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 1342280348     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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