Lead malfunctions in implantable cardioverter defibrillators: Where are we and where should we go?

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-277

  Corrado, Andrea ^a   Gasparini, Gianni ^a   Raviele, Antonio ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART CYCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 61649094986     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun385     Document Type: Editorial

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