Safety of nerve conduction studies in patients with implanted cardiac devices

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Schoeck, Andreas P ^a   Mellion, Michelle L ^a   Gilchrist, James M ^a   Christian, Fredric V ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillator; Intracardiac leads; Nerve conduction study; Pacemaker; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROGRAPHY; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 34047229981     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20690     Document Type: Article

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