Postmortem interrogation and retrieval of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators: A survey of morticians and patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 478-482

  Kirkpatrick, James N ^a   Ghani, Syed N ^a,b   Burke, Martin C ^a,b   Knight, Bradley P ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Defibrillators; Morticians; Pacemaker; Postmortem analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MORTUARY PRACTICE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247474457     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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