The art of making reliable defibrillator leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-

  Bracke, Frank A ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS;

EID: 37549055840     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00935.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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