Cardiac defibrillators, Kant, and the categorical imperative

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ribeiro, Antonio L ^a   Duarte, Regina Horta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38349019076     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.10.036     Document Type: Letter

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