Letter by Suri and Keller regarding article, "Annual rate of transvenous defibrillation lead defects in cardioverter-defibrillators over a period of >10 years" [1]

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Suri, Ranjit ^a   Keller, Seth ^a  

^a NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 35648940245     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.720367     Document Type: Letter

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