Interference of electrical dental equipment with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

British Dental Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 577-579

  Brand, H S ^a   Entjes, M L ^a   Nieuw Amerongen, A V ^a   Van Der Hoeff, E V ^b   Schrama, T A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ULTRASOUND;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; ULTRASONICS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 36448946922     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.1043     Document Type: Article

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