Optimal programming of ICDs for prevention of appropriate and inappropriate shocks

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-416

  Lo, Ronald ^a   Al Ahmad, Amin ^a   Hsia, Henry ^a   Zei, Paul C ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; R WAVE; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 58649123539     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-008-0032-y     Document Type: Review

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