Adverse effects of direct current cardioversion on cardiac pacemakers and electrodes is external cardioversion contraindicated in patients with permanent pacing systems?

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-168

  Waller, Christiane ^a   Callies, Frank ^a   Langenfeld, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardioversion; Lead dysfunction; Pacemaker dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EQUIPMENT; HEART BLOCK; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 3042766221     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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