Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for children and young adolescents: Mortality benefit confirmed - What's next?

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-242

  Sears, S F ^a,b   Conti, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOCK; WELLBEING;

EID: 1342280423     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021295     Document Type: Editorial

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