Making sense of the new ICD algorithms for the treatment of fast ventricular tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-152

  Barold, S Serge ^a,b   Herweg, Bengt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SINUS RHYTHM; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 58849088894     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02195.x     Document Type: Editorial

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