The defibrillation safety margin of patients receiving ICDs: A matter of definition

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 881-882

  Barold, S Serge ^a,b   Herweg, Bengt ^a   Curtis, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATION SAFETY MARGIN; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENERGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PARAMETER; PATIENT SAFETY; CARDIOVERSION; SAFETY; STANDARD;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; SAFETY;

EID: 33644670547     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00191.x     Document Type: Editorial

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