Is there unmet need for implantable cardioverter defibrillators? Findings from a post-mortem series of sudden cardiac death

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 741-746

  Chase, Deborah ^a   Roderick, Paul J ^a   Burnley, Hayley ^a   Gallagher, Patrick J ^a   Roberts, Paul R ^a   Morgan, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Case series; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Post mortem; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 44649185200     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun114     Document Type: Article

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