Habitual cocaine use is associated with high defibrillation threshold during ICD implantation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 722-725

  Chen, Jay ^a   Naseem, R Haris ^a   Obel, Owen ^a   Joglar, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Cocaine; Defibrillation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34250645232     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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