Prevalence of cancelled shock therapy and relationship to shock delivery in recipients of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators assessed by remote monitoring

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Varma, Niraj ^a   Johnson, Mark A ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Biotronik Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancelled defibrillator therapy; Defibrillator shock; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RECIPIENT; REMOTE SENSING;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849136605     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02288.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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