Pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators in dermatologic surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1155-1162

  Matzke, Thomas J ^a   Christenson, Leslie J ^b   Christenson, Stuart D ^b   Atanashova, Natasha ^c   Otley, Clark C ^b  

^a OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PACEMAKER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEMOSTASIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAGNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748546598     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32257.x     Document Type: Review

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