Long-term quality of life and uncertainty in patients living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 386-392

  Flemme, Inger ^a,b   Edvardsson, Nils ^c   Hinic, Hansi ^a   Jinhage, Britt Marie ^c   Dalman, Margareta ^c   Fridlund, Bengt ^a,d  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY;

ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 28444436579     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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