Automatic impedance monitoring and patient alert feature in implantable cardioverter defibrillators: Being alert for the unexpected!

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 444-448

  Duru, Firat ^a   Luechinger, Roger ^b   Scharf, Christoph ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High voltage; Impedance; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Patient alert; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; EVALUATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 17044385446     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40592.x     Document Type: Article

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