Who needs a defibrillator? The beat goes on

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1727-1728

  Fisher, John D ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 27444447722     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.007     Document Type: Editorial

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