Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks and Their Adverse Impact on Patient-Centered Outcomes: Fact or Fiction?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1037-1038

  Pedersen, Susanne S ^a   van den Broek, Krista C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 50949113503     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.04.066     Document Type: Letter

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