Psychological intervention following implantation of an implantable defibrillator: A review and future recommendations

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1546-1554

  Pedersen, Susanne S ^a,b   Van Den Broek, Krista C ^a   Sears Jr , Samuel F ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Intervention; Psychological; Review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTIFICIAL HEART; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 36649023101     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00905.x     Document Type: Review

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