The "natural" history of implantable defibrillators under advisory

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1682-1684

  Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION;

EID: 59749086991     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.10.010     Document Type: Editorial

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