Defibrillation testing at the time of implantation of cardioverter defibrillator in the clinical practice: A nation-wide survey

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 540-543

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Raciti, Giovanni ^b   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^c   De Martino, Giuseppe ^d   Favale, Stefano ^e   Gasparini, Maurizio ^f   Luise, Raffaele ^g   Occhetta, Eraldo ^h   Proclemer, A ⁱ  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Boston Consulting Group   (Italy)

^c CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Casa di Cura Santa Maria   (Italy)

^e POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^f Neurology and Stroke Unit   (Italy)

^g Casa di Cura Villa Pini d'Abruzzo   (Italy)

^h MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defibrillation testing; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; VARIANCE;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 34547887245     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum083     Document Type: Article

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