The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: Postcode prescribing in the UK 1998-2002

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1280-1283

  Cunningham, A David ^a,b   Plummer, C J ^c   McComb, J M ^c   Lord, S W ^c   Cunningham, M W ^b   Toussaint, J M ^a   Rickards, A F ^b  

^a Box 9205 ^*  (France)

^b National Pacemaker and ICD Database   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; IMPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 25144441799     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.048512     Document Type: Article

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