Advanced ICD troubleshooting: Part II

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-96

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PHRENIC NERVE; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; X RAY FILM;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33645131844     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00300.x     Document Type: Review

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