Advanced ICD troubleshooting: Part I

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1322-1346

  Swerdlow, Charles D ^a,c   Friedman, Paul A ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; ICD

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; P WAVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; R WAVE; REVIEW; SHOCK; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART PACING; IMPEDANCE;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS;

EID: 33645084574     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00275.x     Document Type: Review

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