Physician management of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator advisories

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-442

  Maisel, William H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ICD; Pacemaker; Regulatory affairs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY; SURGEON;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHYSICIANS; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842843869     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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